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Godongwana’s third act: Another box office flop?
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Can the GNU survive Enoch’s U-turn?
The much-loathed VAT hike may be gone, but tensions in the government of national unity may yet torpedo the coalition…
The anatomy of a retreat: Why the ANC blinked on the VAT increase
What precipitated the party’s climbdown on the VAT issue?…
ANC, claiming it is not ‘anti-business’, mulls ditching VAT hike
Amid the furore over the budget, the ANC is now apparently looking for ways to scrap the VAT hike and find the money to…
Mashaba’s budget coup rescues ANC, as the DA fumes
ActionSA has come to the ANC’s aid to get the budget over the line. But at what cost to the government of national unity?…
Budget crisis: Two days to bust
The budget standoff between the ANC and DA is dragging into yet another week. If it’s not resolved, there could be dire implications for…
Budget red light over green power
Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech looked like a leap forward for renewable energy. But take a deeper dive, and it’s less convincing…
The budget that almost wasn’t – and maybe still isn’t
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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