Finance expert Jayson Coomer, known as the Rolling Alpha, has updated his annual breakdown of South Africa’s tax trends, following the mini-budget speech delivered this week. According to Coomer’s data, currently a paltry 13% of the South African population of 56 million people are the ones paying income taxes – with the other 87% not contributing..
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This Is Who Is Paying South Africa’s Tax – A Paltry 13% Of The South African Population
SAP [Systems, Applications and Products.] ’Fesses Up, Calls In US Authorities Amid “Humbling” Investigation Into Gupta Bribes
February’s Main Budget Could Be A Total ‘Bloodbath’ Judging Gigaba’s Mini-Budget
Coffin case accused sentenced harshly in High Court – coffin sage was actually a political propaganda
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Willem Jackson, 30, has been sentenced for 11 years and Theo Oosthuizen, 29, has sentenced for 14 years in the High Court in Middelburg on Friday morning. The two former farm foreman’s were convicted of five charges in August in the so-called coffin case. This followed after the assault on Delton Sithole and Victor Mlotshwa..
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Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2017 Reveals The Full Horror Of Jacob Zuma’s Catastrophic Mismanagement Of The Economy In South Africa
How Many Farm Murders Will Be Enough For Government To Take Action?
‘Pay back the money! She is a thief!’ ANC chants at De Lille during council meeting
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Patricia De Lille on Thursday said she has not stolen a single cent, insisting she had enough money to even consider lending money to the City of Cape Town – at a low interest rate – to deal with its water crisis. “I don’t need money from anyone,” she said ahead of her address during..
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The only thing falling faster than the Rand is the Presidents eyelids: Zuma caught napping during Gigaba’s mini budget speech
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A screenshot of Jacob Zuma taking a nap during Malusi Gigaba’s mini-budget speech has gone viral. Gigaba delivered his “maiden” budget speech on Wednesday – and the forecast was pretty grim. But if you’re hoping that President Jacob Zuma was going to zoom in to try and boost the confidence of consumers and investors, you’re..
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Junk status looms after mid-term budget fails to inspire confidence – It is not looking good for SA
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Economists have warned that South Africa could be in line for a credit downgrade to junk status – possibly before the end of the year. Their fears come in light of Malusi Gigaba’s mid-term budget speech, delivered to parliament on Wednesday. “It is not in the public interest, nor is it in the interests of..
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#FARMATTACK: Stabbed 20 Times. Plastic Bag Pulled Over His Head, Hand And Feet Bounded – Survives
Steve Biko’s letter and the sale of SA’s heritage to the highest bidder
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On 28 October, one of Europe’s leading autograph and manuscript auction houses will be selling a piece of South African heritage that should be in South Africa’s governmental archives. A handwritten letter by Black Consciousness Movement founder Steve Biko on 29 October 1973 is listed in UK auction house International Autograph Auctions’ (IAA) catalogue. The..
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School governing bodies outraged over plan to strip them of powers
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The Basic Education Department is ready to squash nearly all powers of school governing bodies if it can push through proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act. The changes will affect schools’ language policy, teacher appointments and pupil admissions. The public has until November 10 to comment on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill,..
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Gigaba’s first test: Can he ace the mid-term budget?
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Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is in an unenviable position. In his maiden budget – today’s medium-term budget policy statement – he must confront, among other things, low economic growth, a tax revenue hole big enough to fly a plane through and the budgetary consequences of struggling state-owned enterprises. These issues are some of the chief..
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CrimeStats in a nutshell: South Africa’s murder rate up by 1.8%
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South Africa’s crime stats for the 2016/2017 were released on Tuesday. According to the stats, “approximately 2.1 million serious crime counts were recorded, of which 1 738 980 were community-reported serious crimes.” In this time period, 19 016 murder cases were reported, the highest in 10 years. Carjacking also continues to increase massively, as does..
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