South African News
Lower VAT hikes in delayed Budget not enough to secure full GNU backing 
By: Terence Creamer 12th March 2025 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his delayed Budget on Wednesday that included lower, yet still controversial, increases to the value-added... →
dtic to host South Africa’s first G20 trade and investment meeting
By: Sabrina Jardim 12th March 2025 The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will host South Africa’s first Group of 20 (G20) Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG)... →
Budget needs to reduce policy, economic uncertainty, Busa says
By: Darren Parker 12th March 2025 After its unexpected postponement owing to disagreements between the partners in the Government of National Unity (GNU) last month, the 2025 Budget... →
ANC confident Godongwana will present ‘balanced' budget in low growth environment
By: Thabi Shomolekae 12th March 2025 Following what it termed “successive constructive engagements” within the African National Congress (ANC) and among the Government of National... →
Ramaphosa insists South Africa will send envoys to ‘transactional’ US once offer is crafted
By: Terence Creamer 11th March 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa insists that his government intends following through on sending envoys to the US as announced during his State of the... →
Civil society asks Ramaphosa to ‘censure’ Godongwana
By: Creamer Media Reporter 11th March 2025 Ten civil society organisations, and counting, are urging President Cyril Ramaphosa to censure Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana following comments... →
93% of identified pit toilets in public schools successfully eradicated – Siviwe Gwarube
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th March 2025 Despite the success of eradicating over 93% of identified pit toilets in public schools across the country, the Department of Basic Education said... →
South Africa can return to being global ferroalloy hub, ARM’s Andre Joubert reiterates
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2025 South Africa has extensively tested highly convincing home-grown smelting technology that has the potential to re-establish this country as a... →
