South African civil servants demanded a pay rise that’s more than double the inflation rate, a week after finance minister Tito Mboweni insisted the government can’t afford increases.
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Only 5.8% of South Africa’s population is paying about 92% of all personal tax in the country, according to Econometrix chief economist and director Azar Jammine.
The South African Revenue Service has been given a huge injection of R3-billion to improve its technology infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities.
South Africa signalled a shift in budgetary policy, backtracking on planned tax increases as it switched focus to reigniting the coronavirus-battered economy by bolstering consumption and investment.
South Africa could spend as much as R19.3-billion over the next three years to vaccinate most of its population against Covid-19, national treasury said in a budget presented to parliament on Wednesday.
As the economy sheds jobs and business closures mount because of the Covid-19 lockdowns, South Africa has its work cut out in attempting to expand the tax base. By Robyn Berger.
Promoted | At a recent roundtable discussion hosted by Mimecast, top public sector ICT leaders shared their experiences with adapting to Covid-19 as well as their broader ambitions for greater cloud adoption.
Government will use an electronic system to keep track of everyone who gets the Covid-19 vaccine as South Africa gears up for its historical mass vaccination.
It could cost South Africa between R20-billion and R24-billion to vaccinate around 40 million people against Covid-19, treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane said on Wednesday.
The South African Revenue Service has published its very own Web browser, with support for Adobe Flash, to allow e-filing taxpapers to continue submitting their tax forms electronically.