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Articles

South Africa’s Ramaphosa Unveils New Reforms to Stoke Growth

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ntando Thukwana |S'thembile Cele

Cyril Ramaphosa(Bloomberg) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the second phase of a reform program aimed at firing up an economy that’s grown by an average of less than 1% annually over the past decade, with measures planned to fix dysfunctional municipalities and drive the adoption of digital technologies. Implementation of the program will be overseen by Operation Vulindlela, a unit that was established in 2020 and answers to the Presidency and the National Treasury.
Treasury faces credibility test after Budget flip-flops

2 weeks ago | brnw.ch | S'thembile Cele |Ntando Thukwana

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South Africa’s Treasury Faces Credibility Test After Budget Flip-Flops

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | S'thembile Cele |Ntando Thukwana

Enoch Godongwana(Bloomberg) -- The credibility of South Africa’s National Treasury is under scrutiny after two months in which it’s had to backtrack on its budget proposals twice. After decades of driving the budget and getting it rubber-stamped by a Parliament dominated by the African National Congress, the Treasury — one of the country’s most respected institutions - is now being tested by a new political environment in which other parties are flexing their muscles.
South Africa’s Central Bank Head Says Lower Oil Price Easing CPI

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Ntando Thukwana

Lesetja Kganyago(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said that lower oil prices have helped drive inflation in the country to a multiyear low and would probably continue to do so. “We still think that the next print might still have a 2-handle to it, but the environment is uncertain,” Kganyago told Bloomberg Television Thursday in Washington, on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.
Transnet workers warn of strike as pay talks fail

1 month ago | brnw.ch | Ntando Thukwana

For morefinancial news, go to the News24 Business front page. South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight rail company’s biggest union threatened strike action after wage talks collapsed, a move that may curb shipments of minerals and agricultural goods.
South Africa Port Workers Warn of Strike as Pay Talks Fail

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Ntando Thukwana

Transnet freight locomotives at the Transnet Sentrarand depot in Gauteng, South Africa. (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight rail company’s biggest union threatened strike action after wage talks collapsed, a move that may curb shipments of minerals and agricultural goods.
South Africa’s ANC Is Said to Withdraw Plan to Raise VAT by 0.5%

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ntando Thukwana

South Africa’s biggest political party is set to back down from a plan to increase value-added tax after other parties indicated they won’t support it, the Sunday Times reported. It has become clear from talks with parties represented in parliament this week that they would not support the plan to include a 0.5 percentage point increase to VAT in the nation’s budget, the Johannesburg-based newspaper reported, citing a senior leader of the African National Congress.
South Africa’s ANC Is Said to Withdraw Plan to Raise VAT by 0.5%

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Ntando Thukwana

Enoch Godongwana(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s biggest political party is set to back down from a plan to increase value-added tax after other parties indicated they won’t support it, the Sunday Times reported. It has become clear from talks with parties represented in parliament this week that they would not support the plan to include a 0.5 percentage point increase to VAT in the nation’s budget, the Johannesburg-based newspaper reported, citing a senior leader of the African National Congress.
Trump da a entender que EE.UU. no irá al G20 de Sudáfrica por reclamos territoriales

1 month ago | bloomberglinea.com | Ntando Thukwana |David Silverman

Bloomberg — El presidente de EE. UU., Donald Trump, dio señales de que el país seguirá boicoteando las reuniones del G20 en Sudáfrica, repitiendo afirmaciones no fundamentadas de que están matando a agricultores blancos y confiscando sus tierras. “¿Cómo se espera que vayamos a Sudáfrica para la importantísima reunión del G20 cuando la confiscación de tierras y el genocidio son el tema principal de conversación?”, publicó en su red social Truth.
Trump signals US will skip South Africa G20 over land claims

1 month ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Ntando Thukwana

U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the country will continue boycotting group of 20 meetings in South Africa, repeating unsubstantiated claims that white farmers are being killed and their land confiscated. "How could we be expected to go to South Africa for the very important G20 Meeting when Land Confiscation and Genocide is the primary topic of conversation?" he posted on his Truth social media account. "They are taking the land of white Farmers, and then killing them and their families."