Cyril Ramaphosa signs National Minimum Wage Bill into law
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Minimum Wage Bill, which is expected to benefit about 6-million workers that currently earn below R3,700 a month...
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Compensation Fund improves payment system
The Compensation Fund has assured medical service providers that it will improve its payment system to address backlogs. This followed complaints by medical service providers...
SARS D-day for individual tax returns looms
The last day to file individual tax returns without being penalised is Wednesday October 31. The SA Revenue Service has appealed to SA taxpayers to...
Government reprioritises money from unspent funds
The National Treasury will reprioritise money from unspent funds and tap into the contingency reserve to recapitalise the South African Airways, SA Express and the...
Sanitary pads, white bread flour to be added to VAT free items
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says government proposes that come April 2019, three items, including sanitary pads, will be added to the zero-rated list. Earlier this...
SASSA determined to pay grants, despite shutdown threats
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it remains committed to ensuring that grant beneficiaries get their money without any interruption. This comes as...
Tito Mboweni announced as new Finance Minister
Former Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has been sworn in as South Africa’s new Finance Minister. This comes after outgoing Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, submitted...
South Africa’s in a recession. Here’s what that means
South Africa has been rocked by news that it has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.7% during the first quarter of...
New labour laws that every South African needs to know about
Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic and Business Development recently passed a series of Labour Bills. According to law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), the bills...
SARS starts publishing names of convicted tax avoiders
Acting commissioner of the SA Revenue Service Mark Kingon was not joking when he said last week that taxpayers failing to file returns would face...