South Africa is heading for a value-added tax (VAT) increase because other taxes are at their maximum, and cutting spending ...

South Africa is set to implement zero-rated VAT for testing services provided to non-residents from April 2026, potentially ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa on Thursday scrapped plans to raise value-added tax after a political backlash that threatened the stability of the ruling coalition government. The proposal to ...

SOUTH Africa is staring down the barrel of a 2% VAT increase - from 15% to 17% - in what may be the most contentious fiscal decision in recent history. At face value, this hike is about raising ...

The 2025 Budget Speech delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana highlighted significant fiscal measures aimed at addressing South Africa’s economic challenges. The budget highlighted the ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A revised budget presented on Wednesday by South Africa's finance minister was immediately rejected by major political parties, even though a proposed increase in value-added tax ...

South African taxpayers face a future of triple taxes to access healthcare in the country, with income tax, surcharges and ...

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s 2025-6 budget has been subjected to ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's cabinet may expand the basket of zero-rated value-added tax (VAT) items after it was hiked by 1 percentage point in last week's budget, the minister of ...

European and African authorities have uncovered a series of large-scale customs and VAT fraud schemes involving Chinese ...