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SA: Songezo Zibi: Address by SCOPA chairperson, pre-budget briefing remarks (10/03/2025)
10th March 2025 Don’t get me wrong. VAT is a very important issue because of the cost of living crisis we have had especially since the COVID crisis. The reaction... →
Upcoming Budget speech has to grapple with rapidly changing geopolitical context, Mavuso says 
By: Darren Parker 10th March 2025 Rapid changes in global geopolitics mean that this week’s Budget speech will takes place in an entirely different context, Business Leadership... →
Govt must urgently report back to ArcelorMittal employees on pending shutdown and ongoing discussions – Committee chair
10th March 2025 The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade, Ms Sonja Boshoff, has called on the government to engage openly and... →
Happening in Parliament this week
10th March 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to appear before the National Assembly (NA) plenary on Tuesday, 11 March, at 14:00 to answer Questions for... →
Fiscal consolidation: facing up to reality
By: Econ3x3 7th March 2025 If tax increases are to be avoided in this year’s revised Budget, there will have to be clear commitments to expenditure adjustments. In this... →
Will Ghana’s Mahama grasp the nettle of constitutional reform?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th March 2025 Ghana’s constitution allows an excessively powerful presidency to influence all levels of administration – it must be reformed. John Mahama won... →
New defence review needed to tackle widening SANDF funding and capacity gaps
By: Rebecca Campbell 7th March 2025 In late January, in fighting in the city of Goma and surrounding districts, in North Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo... →
Daily Podcast – March 06, 2025
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th March 2025 Making headlines: MKP, ATM join forces ahead of elections; South Africa's current account deficit shrinks more than expected; And, US notifies S... →
