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1 week ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Kgothatso Madisa |Thabo Mokone
ANC poised to drop 0.5% VAT hike Party faces tough task of persuading finance minister Enoch Godongwana to find alternatives after parties reject increase 13 April 2025 - 00:00 By KGOTHATSO MADISA and Thabo Mokone The ANC is likely to drop its insistence on a VAT hike in this year’s budget, amid indications that none of the parties it held talks with this week would support it...
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1 week ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Thabo Mokone
Ousting Roman — chief of staff is only half a countryman SSA refuses to grant recalcitrant Steenhuisen appointee security clearance due to dual French nationality 13 April 2025 - 00:00 The complicated relationship between DA leader John Steenhuisen and his chief of staff in the department of agriculture, Roman Cabanac, just keeps getting more complex...
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2 weeks ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Kgothatso Madisa |Lizeka Tandwa |Thabo Mokone
ANC, DA in push to save GNU Parties resume budget talks to resolve political crisis amid warnings from business of economic meltdown 06 April 2025 - 00:00 By KGOTHATSO MADISA, LIZEKA TANDWA and THABO MOKONE The ANC and the DA are scrambling to save the government of national unity (GNU) in its present form, with both sides admitting its collapse would be catastrophic for the economy and political stability...
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3 weeks ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Thabo Mokone |Lizeka Tandwa |Kgothatso Madisa
DA now readies for GNU exit DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party will not make a rushed announcement 03 April 2025 - 04:30 By THABO MOKONE, LIZEKA TANDWA and KGOTHATSO MADISA DA ministers and deputy ministers in the Government of National Unity are said to be preparing to exit their ministerial offices as the party finalises plans to quit government in the coming days...
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3 weeks ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Lizeka Tandwa |Thabo Mokone
02 April 2025 - 13:47 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. DD260225 THOKO National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza will have to decide whether parliament will table a report from the standing committee on finance over the budget.
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3 weeks ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Thabo Mokone |Kgothatso Madisa
Budget on a knife-edge as ANC seeks new talks with DA Time running out as DA pushes long list of economic reforms as a condition for supporting budget on Wednesday 30 March 2025 - 00:00 By Thabo Mokone and Kgothatso Madisa The chances of the government of national unity reaching agreement on the budget are hanging by a thread after the Presidency rejected a ramped-up set of demands from the DA, which include shared control of the economy...
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1 month ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Thabo Mokone |Kgothatso Madisa |Lizeka Tandwa
EFF 'willing' to negotiate with ANC over budget as DA seeks legal advice DA considers taking government to court to prevent it from implementing proposed VAT hike or to obtain taxpayer reimbursement 16 March 2025 - 00:00 By THABO MOKONE, KGOTHATSO MADISA and LIZEKA TANDWA The DA has obtained legal advice in a bid to oppose finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s implementation of the half a percentage point VAT increase on May 1, as the fallout over the budget intensifies...
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1 month ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Thabo Mokone |Lizeka Tandwa
ANC, DA harden attitudes as budget woes persist Top figures in the DA say the ANC’s now ‘pushed the price higher’, while EFF shows no signs it would be willing to negotiate with Ramaphosa’s party 14 March 2025 - 04:30 By THABO MOKONE and LIZEKA TANDWA The gloves are off between the ANC and the DA ahead of a new round of talks over the passing of the budget in parliament following its presentation by finance minister Enoch Godongwana this week...
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1 month ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Lizeka Tandwa |Thabo Mokone
DA leaders to meet following bruising defeat over budget The DA has incurred multiple losses on key policy issues with some of its leaders questioning whether it should remain in the GNU 13 March 2025 - 04:30 By LIZEKA TANDWA and THABO MOKONE The DA leadership is expected to meet in the coming days to craft a way forward following a bruising defeat on the proposed budget...
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1 month ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Thabo Mokone
Godongwana, Sars chief smoke peace pipe Sars has been allocated R3.5bn for the 2025/26 financial year for it to boost its capacity to collect more taxes 12 March 2025 - 15:27 Finance minister Enoch Godongwana and Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter have smoked the peace pipe, with the former now granting the latter an additional R7.5bn to bolster tax collection capacity over the next three years...
