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RISE Mzansi leads the Gambling Reforms Now picket at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
RISE Mzansi is backing National Treasury’s decision to extend the deadline for public comment on the proposed online gambling tax to the 27th of February this year.
The party is urging all South Africans to participate in the process, saying the proposed tax is a step towards regulating an industry that has caused harm to live and livelihoods.
RISE Mzansi’s Chief Organiser and National Assembly Whip and MP Makashule Gana says online gambling cuts provincial boundaries so there needs to be a national tax of that.
“We will make our written submission in full, looking at both the quantum as proposed by national treasury but also address some of the concerns that some operators have been saying, using their lawyers and lobbying for no tax at a national level. We believe that online gambling is not just provincial, it cuts provincial boundaries, therefore there needs to be a national tax of that. We are going to make our argument.”
🚨NOTICE ‼️@TreasuryRSA has extended the deadline for public comments to the proposed 20% tax for online gambling companies.
Do send through your comments #GamblingReformsNOW pic.twitter.com/We0jA1VXUs
— Makashule Gana – RISE Mzansi🇿🇦 (@Makashule) January 16, 2026
