For now, the GNU is intact, but barely. The Treasury’s credibility has taken a hit. The DA scored a short-term win. And ...

The reversal of the planned VAT increase and expansion of zero-rated food items, though easing pressure on consumers, has ...

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.

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 World Bank’s latest Africa’s Pulse report has projects a grim future for Nigeria, with poverty expected to rise by 3.6 ...

Godongwana has announced that the National Treasury would no longer be implementing the controversial 0. 5 percentage points increase in the VAT from 1 May in a statement on Wednesday night ...

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 ...

After a poor run of form left The Red Castle outside the Caf Champions League qualification places, the South African leaves the hotseat.

After a fierce public backlash, the National Treasury has scrapped plans to raise VAT on 1 May. Now, the government of ...

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

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