# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het die voormalige Vrystaatse LUR vir Finansies, Gadija Brown, as sy Spesiale Ekonomiese Raadgewer aangestel. Volgens die Presidensie het Brown, ‘n gesoute professionele persoon met uitgebreide ondervinding in kommersiële bankwese en regering, sleutelrolle beklee in finansies, landbou, infrastruktuur en ekonomiese ontwikkeling. Sy het ‘n graad in bestuur en leierskap met finansies […]
# Cosatu verwelkom die regering se poging om ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika se twee sleutel-staalfabrieke in Newcastle en Vereeniging in werking te hou. Dit volg nadat die onderneming die besluit om sy lang staalbesigheid te sluit, tot 31 Augustus uitgestel het, omdat hy ‘n lening van 1,68-miljard-rand van die regering se Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie ontvang het. Cosatu se woordvoerder, […]
# Tax Justice SA founder Yusuf Abramjee says the South African Revenue Service’s recovery of 30-billion-rand from syndicated crime over the past year underscores both a significant victory and a stark warning. SARS revealed that the 30-billion-rand was recovered through just 198 complex investigations into syndicated crime. Abramjee says these figures should serve as a wake-up […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has appointed former Free State Finance MEC Gadija Brown as his Special Economic Advisor. According to the Presidency, Brown, a seasoned professional with extensive experience in commercial banking and government, has held key roles in finance, agriculture, infrastructure, and economic development. She holds a degree in management and leadership, majoring […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the government’s effort to keep ArcelorMittal South Africa’s two key steel mills in Newcastle and Vereeniging operational. This is as the company has deferred the decision to wind down its long steel business by at least six months, to August 31st, as it has received a 1.68-billion-rand loan from the government’s […]
# COPE vra die Parlement om ʼn begroting te aanvaar wat gebaseer is op gelykheid, nie besuiniging nie. Die parlementêre komitee vir Finansies het die fiskale raamwerk wat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana ingedien het, goedgekeur. Dit baan die weg om vandag in die Nasionale Vergadering aanvaar te word. COPE se woordvoerder, Pakes Dikgetsi, […]
# The Congress of the People is urging Parliament to adopt a budget that is rooted in equity, not austerity. Parliament’s Finance committee has approved the fiscal framework tabled by Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, paving the way for the budget to be adopted by vote in the National Assembly today. COPE’s, Pakes Dikgetsi, says they […]
# Die EFF het die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, gevra vir die onttrekking van die verslag oor die fiskale raamwerk en voorstelle oor belasting omdat die prosedure onwettig is. Die verslag wat deur die Finansiële komitee aanvaar is, sluit ‘n BTW-verhoging van 0.5-persentasiepunte in. Dit sluit ook ʼn aanbeveling van ActionSA in […]
# The EFF has written a letter to National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, requesting the withdrawal of the fiscal framework and revenue proposals report due to procedural illegality. The report, which was adopted by the Finance committee, includes the 0.5-percentage point value-added tax increase. It also includes a recommendation from ActionSA to give Treasury 30 […]
