SA has much to offer Brics

Cape Town – South Africa may be the new kid on the block when it arrives at next week’s Bric summit in China, but the country has much to offer as a gateway to Africa with one of the strongest financial sectors in the world, and with its tradition of independent...

Ministers outline spending plans

Pretoria – Cabinet ministers will today begin unveiling plans on how they will utilise the money allocated to their departments by Finance Minister Pravin Gordan in his national budget earlier this year. The Budget Vote presentations will start in Cape Town...

SA to host intl tax administration meeting

South Africa will on Monday host the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea by convening a conference on Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Cape Town South Africa chairs ATAF, though the South African...

SARS surpasses revenue collection target by R2bln

Pretoria – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) collected R647.2 billion in tax revenue – R2 billion more than what was targeted in the 2011 budget, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday. “Positive economic growth over successive quarters in...

Hands-on approach to economic integration

Pretoria – While traditional international partners remain important for Africa’s economic development, Southern African countries need to engage more “proactively” with emerging economies of the south, says President Jacob Zuma. “At the same time we need to recognise...