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Prof Evans, who is also an extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria, said the domestic economy was heavily reliant on personal income tax and VAT, with corporate income tax coming in third. The reliance was far greater than in developed countries that belonged to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In South […]

"Others complained to the public protector and she also investigated and she didn’t say that the president misused taxpayers money. She was speaking in English … she said there was "undue benefit"… I’m still looking for it (the undue benefit) till today … because the government’s (inter-ministerial report) did say what happened," said Mr Zuma,

Jacob Maphuta began the engagement by outlining the principles from which the drafters of Sector Codes are not at liberty to deviate. These included the following elements of Statement 000: The establishment of five elements in section 8 The key principles set out in section 2 The revised B-BBEE recognition levels set out in section

President Jacob Zuma’s trusted allies and lieutenants have come out on top after the ANC’s gruelling national list conference at the weekend. via www.iol.co.za Perhaps there is a god after all.

The first change is that exempt micro enterprises will no longer have to obtain certificates from verification agencies and will be able to use an affidavit testifying to their turnover as proof of their BEE status. The same will be the case for black-owned enterprises whose turnover is less than R50m. If 100% black-owned, the

You laid the foundations for what we understand as South Africa. It's now up to us to keep our errant politicians in check

All the indications are that the African middle class will continue to grow, reliant in large measure on its capacity to market the only assets it has — its skills. As these strata acquire property they might well be drawn closer to their white counterparts in wealth, lifestyle and opinion. Political parties opposed to employment

Key allegations in the report include: Costs escalated from an initial R27-million to R215-million, with a further R31-million in works outstanding; There was "uncontrolled creep" of the project's scope after Zuma's private architect, at Zuma's behest, assumed a second hat as the public works department's "principal agent". This meant he was conflicted, serving two masters

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Minister of state security Siyabonga Cwele today warned that the publication of pictures of Nkandla is unlawful. This is rubbish. There is absolutely nothing in the (unconstitutional) National Key Points Act that prohibits the publication of pictures of a building declared a National Key Point. Otherwise the publication of all pictures of the SABC building