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Economic Watch
Predicted Tax Freedom Day after national budget 2017
Tax Freedom Day, this year, will be on 23 May – two days later than last year. For taxpayers, this year is the worst ever, and the next two years are projected to be even
03 Mar 2017 - G. Z.
Economic Watch
Gordhan’s growth estimates best served with a pinch of salt
Come budget time, government habitually overestimates growth. That throws out budgeting forecasts and would help explain the R30.4 billion shortfall in revenue collection last
27 Feb 2017 - C. R.
Tax Watch
South Africa needs to do more to plug its deficit than target the rich
Faced with a growing deficit, depressed revenue generators and a limited tax pool, South Africa’s finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, once again focused the tax increases on
26 Feb 2017 - t. L.
Budget Watch
Budget 2017, expect a cacophony of noise
One will need a political surround-sound system to properly follow the dramatic opera, called Budget 2017, to be staged this Wednesday at the Parliamentary theatre in Cape
18 Feb 2017 - P. C.
Let's Think
Will Zuma admit that he is a “shady man”?
A retired Constitutional Court judge has created an opportunity for President Jacob Zuma to have the court decide if it is fair to call him “shady, of dubious character,
22 Sep 2016 - P. C.
Economic Watch
Dealing with just Zuma and Gordhan will not save South Africa
Neither getting rid of President Jacob Zuma and his Gupta-dominated state-capture network, nor saving Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan from the onslaught on him will safeguard
09 Sep 2016 - P. C.
Final Word
Bells tolling for a Roman holiday or for Zuma?
President Jacob Zuma was clearly planning a ‘Roman holiday’ for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, but he should listen carefully to ‘for whom the bell is
02 Sep 2016 - P. C.
Property & Wealth
How will the Gordhan fracas impact on property market?
The controversy that exploded around the position of Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan dumped the country’s financial markets in uncertainty and turmoil. The property
26 Aug 2016 - E. v. B.
Let's Think
South Africa in deep trouble as existing order comes apart
South Africa’s democracy and its economy are in danger of sinking into deep trouble as the African National Congress and its top leadership appear hell-bent on maintaining
26 Aug 2016 - P. C.
Let's Think
For once Pravin Gordhan got it wrong
Over the past number of months Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan has been doing a sterling job, under trying circumstances, of safeguarding South Africa’s economy, but last
14 Jul 2016 - P. C.
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