# China says it will further retaliate if US president Donald Trump makes good on his threat to levy an additional 50-percent tariff on Chinese goods. The new tariffs could leave some American companies bringing in certain goods from China facing a 104-percent tax. China’s Commerce Ministry says Trump’s threat once again exposes the US’s […]
# The EFF has formally submitted alternative revenue-generating proposals to the National Assembly, opposing the proposed value-added tax increase in the 2025 fiscal framework. The budget, which was passed in Parliament last week, includes a 0.5-percentage point VAT increase over the next two financial years. Some of the EFF’s proposals include adjusting personal income tax […]
# Die Britse eerste minister, Keir Starmer, sê sy regering sal veg om ʼn ekonomiese vennootskap met Amerika te verseker, terwyl hy ook probeer om handelsbeperkings met belangrike vennote wêreldwyd te verlaag. Dit volg ná president Donald Trump se omvattende wêreldwye tariewe. Starmer sê die Verenigde Koninkryk sal slegs ʼn ooreenkoms met Amerika aangaan indien […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die goedkeuring van die nasionale begroting verdedig en gesê dit is ‘n belangrike instrument om ontwikkeling te bevorder, armoede uit te roei en ongelykheid te beperk. Die Parlement het verlede week die fiskale raamwerk goedgekeur, wat ‘n verhoging van 0,5-persent in BTW insluit. In sy weeklikse nuusbrief sê die president […]
# UK prime minister Keir Starmer says his government will fight to secure an economic partnership with the US, while also working to lower trade barriers with key partners around the world. This follows US president Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. Starmer says the UK will only strike a deal with America if it’s in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the passing of the national budget, saying it is a critical instrument to drive development, eradicate poverty and narrow inequality. Last week, Parliament adopted the fiscal framework, which included a 0.5-percentage point value-added tax increase. In his weekly newsletter, the president says the expenditure on the social wage can only […]
# AfriForum het ‘n regsbrief aan Eskom gestuur, waarin hulle duidelikheid oor die regulasies wat die registrasie van kleinmaat ingeboude kragopwekkers onder 100 kilowatt vereis. Deidré Steffens van AfriForum bevraagteken die regsgrondslag vir Eskom se afdwinging van hierdie vereiste en moontlike strawwe vir nie-nakoming. Sy sê die organisasie versoek ‘n antwoord teen 18 April, en […]
# AfriForum has sent a legal letter to Eskom, seeking clarity on the regulations mandating the registration of small-scale embedded generators under 100 kilowatts. AfriForum’s Deidré Steffens questions the legal basis for Eskom’s enforcement of this requirement and potential penalties for non-compliance. She says the organisation requests a response by 18 April, reserving the right […]
# Die GOOD Party sê hy sal konstruktiewe alternatiewe bied in die nasionale begroting vir die BTW-verhoging en die inkomste verskuiwing van persoonlike belastingkerwe. Die party stel voor om inkomste te verhoog deur belastingvoordele vir die rykes te verminder, die werkersbelastingaansporing te kanselleer, en om tekorte moontlik te dek deur reserwes te gebruik. Op die […]
