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2025 Budget 2.0: The VAT increase is dead, long live the VAT increase
12th March 2025 The shocks, surprises and shortfalls in the initial Budget that never saw the light of day on 19 February, made way for a reworked National Budget... →
Dollar struggles to lift off lows as global trade war ramps up
By: Reuters 12th March 2025 The dollar struggled to lift off a five-month low against other major currencies on Wednesday, as traders digested tit-for-tat US-EU tariffs and a... →
Zimbabwe market regulator orders firms to report earnings in ZiG
By: Bloomberg 12th March 2025 Zimbabwe’s stock market regulator has ordered companies to report earnings in the local gold-backed currency, with immediate effect. The... →
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... →
South Africa’s state-owned entities are flagging – how innovation, research and development could revive them
12th March 2025 South Africa has about 700 State-owned enterprises. They operate across sectors like transport, energy and public utilities, and some are among the... →
Can African philanthropy fill in for American aid cuts?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th March 2025 Africa must look within to improve resource allocation and promote social impact investments that go beyond just boosting profits. On the day he... →
Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns
By: Reuters 12th March 2025 The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play... →
DA Tables Motion of No-Confidence in EFF Speaker of Ekurhuleni Council
11th March 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) as the Official Opposition in the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) has tabled a motion of no confidence in the EFF Speaker of... →
