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Godongwana may have said the right things about cost containment in his budget speech, but he lacked detail about cost-containment targets…
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Is this simply a stale budget dressed as bold reform? VAT is rising, workers will take home less pay, and the economy is still…
All eyes on Godongwana as Doge-style cuts mooted
South Africa faces devastating consequences if its budget fails again. Critics want a US-like Doge to slash bureaucracy.…
Why South Africa won’t be getting a ‘wealth tax’ any time soon
Not only do wealth taxes have a chilling effect on GDP growth and jobs; they’ve been shown to raise precious little in countries that…
Calling Captain Clueless … anybody home?
How is it possible that President Cyril Ramaphosa does not realise that South Africa is embroiled in an existential crisis?…
Tame inflation gives South Africans breathing room
South Africa’s consumers have more spending power thanks to low(ish) inflation and higher salary increases…
No sugar rush for Enoch
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Withdrawal syndrome
Having raked in billions from the two-pot withdrawal frenzy, Treasury is now thinking of enabling people to access their once-untouchable retirement pot…
Hot mic or not, Kieswetter was right on taxes
What the VAT standoff has done is force a reckoning over the trade-offs needed to balance South Africa’s books…
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