Minister Ramokgopa at the Kendal Power Station 2 minutes Procurement and regulation issues are blamed for the poor performance of the Kendal Power Station in Ogies, Mpumalanga. Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa visited the station a few days after power utility Eskom implemented load shedding. Ramokgopa visited the station to assess its current performance…
Tap with droplet of water 2 minutes As South Africa prepares for this year’s budget speech, some Limpopo communities hope that resources will be directed towards fixing water infrastructure, so that they can access clean running water. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to deliver the Budget Speech tomorrow after it was postponed last month….
Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana and Deputy Minister, Dr. David Masondo arrive for the tabling of the Budget Speech on February 22, 2023. 1 minute Political analyst Dr. Levy Ndou says disunity in the Government of National Unity (GNU) regarding the budget will give other political parties a reason to start mobilising communities. Most political parties,…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during a media briefing. 2 minutes Senior Policy Specialist Neil Coleman has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to resign for misleading the country. Godongwana has been criticized for suggesting reducing the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants or raise the Value Added Tax (VAT). This issue has dominated public…
Tax-related material on a desk 5 minutes The ACDP says it expects a form of smaller VAT increase when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables the budget on Wednesday. The party says it thinks hiking the tax with a smaller percentage will not cause harm to the poor. Earlier the party was against the tax increase….
SARB logo 2 minutes uMkhonto weSizwe Party Chief Whip, Mzwanele Manyi has accused the South African Reserve Bank of not supporting black owned financial services. Manyi’s comments come as the party marches to the Reserve Bank in the City of Tshwane today, following the liquidation of Ithala Bank. The party will also march to Treasury…
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum gestures during an event to give details on the country’s response to US President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico 2 minutes Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told supporters in a massive rally on Sunday that dialogue and respect had prevailed in achieving a pause on US tariffs and that…
Tax-related items seen on a table. 3 minutes The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says the proposed two percent VAT increase, in the soon-to-be-tabled budget, is likely to cripple the working class, coupled with the 12.7% electricity tariff hike that takes effect in April. This came under the spotlight in Bloemfontein, where…
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A calculator and pen depicted in the picture. 3 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should follow what it calls a six-point plan it has crafted, a guide in preventing tax increase when tabling the budget. The party made these sentiments as part of outlining its expectations on the reported reduction…
