Du Toit Van Den Heever

Sars tightens its grip on tax penalties Legislative amendment narrows the bona fide 'inadvertent error' defence route.

R65 a litre for petrol? SADC is home to two of the priciest countries for fuel in the world following the wild spikes since the start of the Iran war …

Scrap BEE laws to unlock ‘billions of dollars’ – US ambassador Tau says no.

New standard for Sars in suspension-of-payment disputes High court ruling reins in the revenue service’s ‘reflexive no’ to suspension requests.

No more ‘prime’ – Reserve Bank wants key rate to be used to price loans Plans to phase out the prime lending rate and replace it with its own benchmark interest rate.

Everybody suddenly loves the rand Local risk factors seem to have disappeared completely.

Tax frustration spills out into the open … Open letter to the taxman hits a nerve, confirming systemic flaws in tax administration.

Budget 2026: Will Sars be able to avert tax increases? A close watch on debt collections and enhanced compliance measures can be expected.

Why is the rand so strong and the economy so weak? The rand strengthened nearly 13% against the US dollar over the past year, yet the domestic numbers remain weak. That disconnect won’t last forever.

Raising revenue from alien invasives Pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants.