The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

At least 10 people were killed in a gold mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel-appointed governor ...

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party ("MK Party") strongly denounces the ANC Government's attempt to spin its humiliating backtrack on the proposed VAT increase as some kind of noble act. This was never about ...

While the government's decision to scrap a VAT increase seems compassionate, experts warn it merely obscures the deeper ...

Financial services, the biggest contributor to GDP, have been hit since India renegotiated a tax treaty that had made ...

It is widely acknowledged among health and demographic experts that relying solely on what is written on death certificates does not paint an accurate picture of what people in South Africa are ...

Aid spending on development in East Africa has had a long run of poor results, calling into question the efficacy of carrying ...

The party of South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has reversed a controversial proposed value-added-tax (VAT) rise that had threatened the country's coalition government.

Keeping value added tax (VAT) at 15% will benefit consumers and farmers. The National Treasury announced on the morning of 24 ...

The South African government has canceled a proposed tax increase that has threatened to collapse the unity government after ...

A major sector that employs almost 500,000 South Africans is in trouble, and there’s a reason taxpayers should care.