Headline News
South Africans exasperated by Trump's false claims during Ramaphosa meeting 
By: Reuters 22nd May 2025 South Africans expressed dismay on Thursday at how US President Donald Trump's false claims of a white genocide-dominated a conversation with... →
South Africa to cut spending if tax agency doesn't meet target
By: Reuters 22nd May 2025 South Africa will need to slash spending if its tax agency does not meet its revenue collection target this year, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana... →
ANC impressed with Ramaphosa’s ‘maturity’ during talks with Trump
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd May 2025 The African National Congress said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s handling of engagements with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office,... →
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As the UN turns 80, is a new era of peacekeeping possible?
22nd May 2025 Despite significant headwinds, a recent UN ministerial meeting reflected broad backing for reformed peacekeeping. With the future of... →
Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move
22nd May 2025 South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government... →
NATO and the G7: global power fractures that Africa must watch
22nd May 2025 Geopolitical shifts in the Western alliance could considerably impact Africa’s fortunes. Two major summits in June could expedite one of the most... →
Satellite images reveal the dark side of household solar power – South Africa’s green transition is only for a few
21st May 2025 As winter approaches, memories of the past haunt South Africans in more ways than one. The country has experienced years of rolling blackouts,... →
Recommendations
Transport Connectivity for Food Security in Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains
22nd May 2025 Food insecurity is a persistent global problem affecting hundreds of millions of people each year. Transport Connectivity for Food Security in... →
Moving the dial on SDG 16.3.2: Evidence from LIC's on scaling up legal advice and assistance for unsentenced detainees
22nd May 2025 This paper considers the impact on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 16.3.2 of providing unsentenced detainees with legal advice and... →
Fuel levy hike to place heavier burden on South African consumers – RFA
By: Schalk Burger 22nd May 2025 Transport will become more expensive and consumers will pay more after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on May 21 announced a 4% increase in the... →
Climate plans for the people
21st May 2025 As countries in the Middle East and North Africa prepare to submit updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by September 2025 ahead of... →
Statements
The DA cautiously supports today’s Budget Speech
21st May 2025 The Democratic Alliance cautiously welcomes the revenue and expenditure proposals in the Minister of Finance’s Budget Speech. We see this as a... →
Budget 2025: Plugs gaps: Defers real budgetary reforms to next year
21st May 2025 The third iteration of Budget 2025 delivered by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana today largely succeeds in absorbing a R69 Billion fiscal gap... →
Budget 3.0 – ActionSA Welcomes SARS Funding, Rejects Regressive Taxation and Levies
21st May 2025 ActionSA welcomes the additional R7.5 billion allocated to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) over the medium term—an investment we have long... →
DA Johannesburg rejects Mayor Morero's expropriation of private property without compensation comments
21st May 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg strongly rejects Mayor Dada Morero’s comments that the City should expropriate buildings without... →
Press Offices
Sars hits individual with R30-million tax bill over loan accounts: A warning to directors and shareholders
22nd May 2025 A recent Tax Court ruling in favour of the South African Revenue Service (“Sars”), which treated large loan account balances as undeclared income,... →
Proposed amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002
21st May 2025 On 20 May 2025, Minister Gwede Mantashe gazetted the Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 (Bill) for public comments by 18 August 2025.... →
Establishing the regional digital hub – key highlights of the Kenya Cloud Policy 2025
21st May 2025 The recently gazetted Kenya Cloud Policy 2025 (Policy) marks the country’s latest milestone towards establishing itself as the preferred regional... →
Being abroad won’t save you from Sars’ collection efforts
20th May 2025 As the upcoming tax filing season approaches, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) is reportedly ramping up a major initiative aimed at... →
