Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter

Khulekani Magubane is a financial reporter for Business Times, covering Parliament and the political economy. He is also an author of several fiction books.

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DA, EFF VAT case a test for parliament

The DA and the EFF’s court case to block the 0.5 percentage point VAT hike from kicking in on May 1, now being argued ...

Politics

Tariff tit-for-tat with US 'a race to the bottom', says minister Parks Tau

South Africa will not respond to US tariffs with reciprocal tariffs on US goods as this would prove to be a ...

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Steenhuisen to farmers: prepare for life without duty-free access to US

Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the local agriculture industry must prepare to compete in the global economy ...

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Government still mulling fate of social relief of distress grant

The government is considering converting the social relief of distress grant to a job seeker's grant.

Politics

Treasury did engage FFC on budget, insists deputy minister Sarupen

Deputy finance minister Ashor Sarupen told parliament that National Treasury consulted the Fiscal and Financial ...

Politics

Scopa chair declares contentious budgets 'the new normal'

Chair of parliament's standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), RISE Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi, advised South ...

Politics

Ramaphosa calls AfriForum, Solidarity ‘unpatriotic’, but says ‘treason’ charge up to law ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed Afrikaner-interest lobby groups Afriforum and Solidarity as “unpatriotic” for ...

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Government's poor planning hindered infrastructure investment: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that pension funds and other asset managers have not taken the opportunity ...

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Global north has left us on our own in energy technology debate — Ramokgopa

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says as developed nations return to fossil fuels to power their economies, ...

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G20 meeting of finance ministers ends with no communique, absent delegates

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana and Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said they were not deterred by hiccups and ...