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New faces join Cosatu Eastern Cape leadership

Labour federation Cosatu in the Eastern Cape has two new faces in its leadership structure after concluding its 15th provincial congress at the weekend. A total of 628 ...

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LISTEN | Maimane hopes Ramaphosa will visit US to fix strained ...

Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane is hoping President Cyril Ramaphosa will later this year visit the US to mend trade ties between the two ...

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LISTEN | Godongwana bristles at ‘rogue minister’ accusation over ...

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana didn’t take kindly to being called “rogue” in parliament after defending his decision to increase VAT.

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WATCH | EU pledges R93bn to South Africa as Trump ...

European Union leaders announced a €4.7bn (R93.31bn) investment package during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, at a time when both are on worse terms with the US than they have been for decades.
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WATCH | Godongwana appears before parliament

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is on Friday appearing before parliamentary committees responsible for finance.
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UDM wants KSD mayor relieved of his duties

The UDM in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality wants Nyaniso Nelani removed as mayor, after it was reported ...

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Ntshavheni: DA trying to use budget to force reversal of Expropriation Act, Bela, NHI

Minister in the Presidency and cabinet spokesperson Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has accused the DA of trying to use the budget ...

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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 ...

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IN FULL | Finance minister Enoch Godongwana's budget speech

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his 2025 budget on Wednesday, sticking  to his guns in announcing a VAT hike ...

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DA, EFF reject GNU budget

The DA has stuck to its guns regarding its stance on the previously mooted and now confirmed VAT increase, saying it ...

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DA will not support budget, says John Steenhuisen

Enoch Godongwana delivers budget without majority support in parliament

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BUDGET IN A NUTSHELL: Treasury compromises on VAT increase

Grant recipients and taxpayers bear the brunt of smaller VAT hike

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Sars to get R7.5bn over the next three years

Tax boss Edward Kieswetter wins battle for extra funds needed to operationalise revenue systems

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Welfare grant recipients get modest inflation-beating increases

Social spending will rise by R8.2bn over the medium term, down from the R23.3bn increase proposed in February

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WATCH | Second time lucky? Godongwana delivers budget speech

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is on Thursday making his second attempt at delivering his 2025 budget speech.

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Cosatu hopes Godongwana 'avoids temptation to inflict pain on poor through VAT' increase

As finance minister Enoch Godongwana gears up for his second attempt to deliver his 2025 budget speech, the ANC’s ...

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Matatiele mayor accused of fraud set to be removed

An Eastern Cape mayor accused of defrauding his municipality by illegally using public money to finance his trip to ...

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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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POLL | What are you expecting from the 2025 budget speech?

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is set to present the revised 2025 budget speech on Wednesday after it was postponed ...