Reuters

South African businesses on edge as VAT hike looms

JOHANNESBURG, April 14 (Reuters) - For South African beverage company owner, Ndumiso Madlala, the impending value-added tax hike could spell trouble for his small-scale business that makes alcoholic ...
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How the VAT increase will affect South African households and businesses"

The 2025 Budget Speech delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana highlighted significant fiscal measures aimed at addressing South Africa’s economic challenges. The budget highlighted the ...
Reuters

Explainer: What's next for South Africa's budget and planned VAT hike?

JOHANNESBURG, March 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's lawmakers will scrutinise the 2025 budget in the coming weeks, with amendments not ruled out as political parties weigh up a contentious plan to raise ...
Yahoo

ANC Moots Smaller South Africa VAT Hike With EFF Linkup, ST Says

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s biggest political party plans a 0.75 percentage-point increase in value-added tax in a revised national budget this month, warning it will approach groups outside the ...
BusinessTech

Three men who saved South Africa from disaster, and big blow to VAT hikes in South Africa

Three men who saved South Africa: Former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga has said Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Mteto Nyati, and Dan Marokane’s team at the power utility have turned around the biggest power crisis in ...
Briefly on MSN

South African influencer Dineo Moloisane goes viral questioning why people pay VAT

South African influencer Dineo Moloisane went viral after completely losing it over VAT and questioning why South Africans ...
The Conversation

VAT hikes can raise tax without hurting the poor: an economist sets out the evidence

South Africa’s 2025-6 budget has been subjected to more comment than usual. This is due to the political tensions generated by a proposed increase in value added tax (VAT). South Africa’s choices on ...
Foreign Policy

South Africa VAT Spat Delays Budget

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Africa Brief: South Africa VAT Spat Delays Budget ...
Bloomberg L.P.

South African Court Formally Halts Proposed Hike in VAT Rate

A South African court ordered that a proposed increase in the value-added tax rate be suspended, formally scrapping the measure. The ruling on Sunday brings to an end a dispute between the two largest ...
BusinessTechOpinion

Extra R9,300 per month ‘tax’ for the average person living in South Africa

At the end of it, a person earning R30,000 a month is left with R15,454.21, which translates to an effective tax rate of ...
The Citizen

‘Definitely no VAT increase’: DA tables 2026 national budget expectations

All eyes will be on Finance Minister Enoch Gongwana and his partners in the government of national unity (GNU) as he presents the 2026 budget speech in Cape Town on Wednesday. Last year, differences ...