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Activists went to Parliament on Wednesday to put forward demands ahead of Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s mini-budget announcement. Photo: Abonge Chiya

Health & Social Welfare

SRD grant extended for another year, minister announces

GroundUp Staff 22 Oct 2026

Will South African SMEs find relief in the upcoming budget?

Entrepreneurship

Will South African SMEs find relief in the upcoming budget?

5 Mar 2025

Source: @SACP/X.com. The new General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Solly Mapaila, as elected by the SACP 15th National Congress.

Taxation & Regulation

SACP rejects proposed VAT hike, urges tax system overhaul

Katja Hamilton 24 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Rex Cowley, director and co-founder of Overseas Trust and Pension.

Financial Services

Beyond borders: How foreign pensions empower South Africans to build global wealth

18 Nov 2024

Source: G20 Brasil. Brazil’s Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad.

Taxation & Regulation

Historic: Global effort to tax super-rich intensifies

Katja Hamilton 30 Jul 2024

What economists will be listening for in the budget speech

Economy

What economists will be listening for in the budget speech

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 19 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Elzahne Henn, director and head of private clients at Mazars in South Africa.

Economy

#Budget2023: No wealth tax, but trustees beware

Elzahne Henn 24 Feb 2023

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2022: What it means for your financial planning

25 Feb 2022

Strike calls for imminent sign-in of the National Basic Income Act

Financial Services

Strike calls for imminent sign-in of the National Basic Income Act

Katja Hamilton 14 Feb 2022

Taxation & Regulation

Demand for tax-efficient retirement and savings vehicles on the up

14 Jan 2022

Finance minister, Tito Mboweni. Image:

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2021: Mboweni delivers a few glimmers of optimism, but there are risks

25 Feb 2021

Finance minister Tito Mboweni. Image: Reuters

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2021: South Africa's economic rebound expected to trim budget deficits

Vuyani Ndaba 22 Feb 2021

#BudgetSpeech2021: No wealth tax, but more enforcement

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2021: No wealth tax, but more enforcement

18 Feb 2021

Yolandi Esterhuizen, registered tax practitioner & director: product compliance, Sage Africa & Middle East

Budget Speech

#Budget2021: Relief should be prioritised, but where will the funds come from?

15 Feb 2021

Albertus Marais

Trends

#BizTrends2021: 'Wealth tax' unlikely to be government policy in near future as pressure on tax base mounts

Albertus Marais 6 Jan 2021

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Photo:

Budget Speech

#MTBPS2020: Predictable budget delivery from Mboweni

29 Oct 2020

Is wealth tax just a plaster for an ailing economy?

Taxation & Regulation

Is wealth tax just a plaster for an ailing economy?

Samantha Lance 22 Jul 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni

Economy

Escaping the hippo's jaws: Mboweni's broad strokes emergency budget

25 Jun 2020

A woman carries a bucket of fresh water to an informal settlement in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. South Africa has the widest wealth gap in the world. Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images

Taxation & Regulation

Coronavirus: why South Africa needs a wealth tax now

Aroop Chatterjee. Amory Gethin & Léo Czajka 28 Apr 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Budget Speech

How should I tax thee? Let me count the ways

Errol Meyer 24 Feb 2020

Mike van der Westhuizen, portfolio manager, Citadel

Biz Fin Focus

#BizFinFocus: SA needs a hardcore Budget

17 Feb 2020

Johannesburg’s economic hub, Sandton, lies right next to the sprawling and extremely poor Alexandra township.
Paul Saad/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Taxation & Regulation

Why South Africa should seriously consider taxing its wealthy citizens

Ingrid Woolard 30 Apr 2019

Papering over the cracks

Budget Speech

Papering over the cracks

22 Feb 2019

#Budget2018: Tax bites the rich, but not as badly as predicted

Budget Speech

#Budget2018: Tax bites the rich, but not as badly as predicted

22 Feb 2018

Patricia Williams, partner at Bowmans

Taxation & Regulation

How to save Sars

Patricia Williams 29 Jan 2018

What's in store for South Africa in 2018?

Markets & Investment

What's in store for South Africa in 2018?

Luke McMahon and Shawn Phillips 18 Jan 2018

Agriculture

Agriculture remains resilient as SA economy slips into technical recession

Hamlet Hlomendlini 14 Jun 2017

Taxing South Africa into prosperity

Taxation & Regulation

Taxing South Africa into prosperity

Graeme Palmer 17 May 2017

Experts warn wealth tax 'a complex issue'

Taxation & Regulation

Experts warn wealth tax 'a complex issue'

Linda Ensor 28 Apr 2017

Judge Dennis Davis. Source:

Taxation & Regulation

Davis committee to mull wealth tax

Linda Ensor 26 Apr 2017

#Budget2017: Commerical property sector to experience tough times ahead

Retail & Hospitality Property

#Budget2017: Commerical property sector to experience tough times ahead

24 Feb 2017

Fortune favours the cautious

Budget Speech

Fortune favours the cautious

Professor André Roux 21 Feb 2017

Top 500 to publish Pravin Gordhan's take on the way forward

Publishing

Top 500 to publish Pravin Gordhan's take on the way forward

Issued by Topco Media 1 Nov 2016

Estate duty abatements need overhaul

Taxation & Regulation

Estate duty abatements need overhaul

Graeme Palmer 27 Sep 2016

Seta system hurts small businesses, tax panel warns

Skills Development & Training

Seta system hurts small businesses, tax panel warns

Claire Bisseker 26 Aug 2016

Kenyan journalist wins at Sanlam Awards

Media

Kenyan journalist wins at Sanlam Awards

10 Jun 2016

Dr Andrew Golding

Markets & Investment

2016 Budget helps restore confidence in SA - Dr Andrew Golding

25 Feb 2016

Increased taxes not the solution to raise additional revenue

Taxation & Regulation

Increased taxes not the solution to raise additional revenue

Anthea Scholtz 27 Oct 2015

Interim report on estate duty released by Davis Tax Commission

Land & Property Law

Interim report on estate duty released by Davis Tax Commission

Johann Jacobs 6 Aug 2015

deVere urges UK investors to look at global markets

Markets & Investment

deVere urges UK investors to look at global markets

15 May 2015

Cut in tax relief a catalyst for UK pensioners to move funds offshore

Markets & Investment

Cut in tax relief a catalyst for UK pensioners to move funds offshore

25 Mar 2015

Government's strategy on right path towards fixing the economy

Taxation & Regulation

Government's strategy on right path towards fixing the economy

5 Mar 2015

Taxation as method of revenue generation: Budget 2015

Taxation & Regulation

Taxation as method of revenue generation: Budget 2015

Ferdie Schneider 23 Feb 2015

High-income earners can expect significant tax increases

Taxation & Regulation

High-income earners can expect significant tax increases

30 Jan 2015

Rawson cautions property investors on 'experts'

Property

Rawson cautions property investors on 'experts'

15 May 2013

Gordhan likely to target rich for taxes

Taxation & Regulation

Gordhan likely to target rich for taxes

Linda Ensor 24 Jan 2013

Law Practice

South African experts argue against wealth tax

29 Sep 2011