Parties and labour organisations have slammed the 2026 Budget for failing to tackle low growth, high unemployment, and municipal distress, while cautiously welcoming tax relief and social grant increases
South Africa’s creative sector went into the State of the Nation address with a clear demand: recognition, reform and rescue. What it received was silence. Just days before President Cyril Ramaphosa took to the podium, hundreds of film and television workers marched under the banner “Save SA Film Jobs”, warning that the industry was in […]
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uMkhonto weSizwe party is calling for the nationalisation of mineral resources, land redistribution without compensation and the expansion of the VAT zero-rated basket
It is high time for policy reckoning in the GNU
The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the fiscal framework
He leaves a legacy as a champion of labour rights, fiscal and monetary reform and prudent government spending
Ramaphosa extended his condolences to Mboweni’s family and friends, calling the news “a shock”
The council must review how it will remain relevant in an economy characterised by artificial intelligence, digitalisation and hybrid ways of working, business partners say
State-owned companies will have to disclose data on their highest and lowest paid employees in an effort to solve wage disparities and be more transparent
When he came in as president, he destroyed the old system but failed to build something new – and now Ruto is paying the price
The FMF Charter says the size of cabinet should be reduced and policy changes introduced to benefit the poor and create jobs
The political party’s policy has been criticised for stating that a capitalist open market would be able to break up oligopolies and stimulate growth
The party has proposed an economic turnaround strategy to support small businesses, boost economic growth, protect work seekers and create 2 million jobs
