GNU revolt forces Godongwana into abrupt VAT U-turn

Finance minister’s decision comes amid political and legal pressure to reverse planned hike

SA’s hard-won HIV/Aids gains in the balance after US aid cuts

Health department turns to science to build its business case for increasing domestic disease funding

Implats reports lower quarterly output but keeps full-year guidance

Processing capacity was impeded by required maintenance at Impala’s SA smelters, CEO says

G20 finance leaders seek to de-escalate trade tensions and uncertainty

Delegates in Washington call for rapid, co-ordinated efforts to provide more clarity on tariffs and curb uncertainty

Heavy rain floods roads in Durban

Heavy rain led to flooded roads across Durban on Friday morning.

MultiChoice and NBC invested almost R6bn in Showmax in the past year

Last month, MultiChoice announced price increases for DStv and Showmax, which came into effect in April

ASP Isotopes gears up for JSE listing

The R7.5bn tech player, listed on the Nasdaq since 2022, will be a welcome addition to the JSE’s dwindling technology sector

NATASHA MARRIAN: ‘Reset’ coalition must put its pen where its mouth is

ANC and DA relationship can be salvaged but it boils down to political will and maturity

CHRIS LOKER: SA can’t afford to shun R1.1-trillion locked up in residential wealth

Equity release is a financial instrument that taps the value of pensioners’ property to responsibly convert illiquid wealth into usable income

ANTHONY BUTLER: Theatrics are par for the course in coalition politics

To maintain individual identities, coalition partners often stage public tiffs, even when compromises are being worked out behind the scenes

CHRIS THURMAN: Installations pit balance against imbalance

Mauritian artist Salim Currimjee adapts Mughal painting techniques to abstract compositions

JONNY STEINBERG: An emergency in the US is just daily life in SA

An already fragile police service shattered on Jacob Zuma’s watch and nobody has put it together again

VAT reversal welcomed but policy uncertainty remains

Third version of budget expected after Treasury scraps VAT hike

Ramaphosa says call with Trump not linked to Zelensky’s visit

Discussion with US president planned 'well in advance' and is not a diplomatic response to Ukraine leader's working visit

Thales, Zuma claim they won’t get a fair trial after witnesses’ deaths

Former president piggybacks on an application for a discharge based on two directors allegedly involved in the arms deal having died

Luthuli inquest told ANC and apartheid leaders agreed not to prosecute political killings

Chief’s grandson says the president-general’s death was made to look like a suicide or an accident

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