Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana cancels VAT increase
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has instructed the National Treasury not to increase the value-added tax (VAT) from the beginning of May. The Finance Ministry... Read more.
Sim Tshabalala picks Lungisa Fuzile as Standard Bank Africa CEO
Standard Bank Group boss Sim Tshabalala has taken over the role of interim chief executive of the bank’s South African division. Tshabalala temporarily takes... Read more.
Standard Bank CEO Tshabalala says deputy’s departure is big blow
Standard Bank deputy group chief executive Kenny Fihla has resigned, a move that Africa’s leading financial services company by total assets says will not disrupt... Read more.
Standard Bank boss Tshabalala earns R89m, staff gets ‘3% raise’
Standard Bank Group chief executive Sim Tshabalala saw his total remuneration package in 2024 rise by 7.1% to a cool R89 million from the R83 million he earned in... Read more.
Harmony Gold’s death trap: 13 miners perish in 23 months
Yet another mineworker at Harmony Gold’s mining operations has died following an underground incident on Thursday morning. The tragic event, which took place at... Read more.
Opinion | ‘Postponement turns budget speech into a mockery’
After more than a decade of covering the budget speech, nothing could have prepared me for what transpired on that gloomy afternoon of February 19. On that Wednesday,... Read more.
Full Speech | Godongwana’s postponed 2025 budget speech
Honourable Speaker, Thoko Didiza Deputy Speaker, Annelie Lotriet Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Refiloe Mtshweni-Tsipane Deputy Chairperson of... Read more.
What Godongwana was going to say in budget speech
Had Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2025 Budget Speech on Wednesday, he would have revealed that the South African economy is projected to display... Read more.
‘Ramaphosa needs to display decisive leadership during Sona’
Labour federation Cosatu has urged Cyril Ramaphosa to raise the bar when delivering his first State of the Nation Address (Sona) as the president of a coalition... Read more.
Nersa grants Eskom massive 12.74% tariff increase
Energy regulator Nersa has granted Eskom a whopping 12.74% tariff increase for the 2025/2026 financial year. The regulator confirmed this in a media statement released... Read more.
