Tax matters
The High Court in Pretoria recently ruled that taxpayers have a right to be notified before SARS appoints an agent to collect ‘outstanding tax debt’. Althea Soobyah, Tax Consulting Director…
Furloughs, salary reductions and reduced contributions
Provident funds are one of the most important savings mechanisms for most fully employed South Africans, accumulating a nest egg that is meant to sustain an employee when they retire.…
The youth is the future
The South African youth today have a weapon their predecessors had no access to, a weapon they can use to speak on behalf of the elderly, children that are too…
No touch economy
COVID-19 resulted in a massive scale down of operations in the mining sector, the pandemic has caused supply chain disruptions and these disruptions have had ripple effects on the global…
Mining’s benefits not always visible
Giving back to people and planet Often in the news for the wrong reasons, the mining sector generally faces a chilly reception in the court of public opinion. Its historical…
Economic austerity
Navigating South Africa’s ‘New Normal’ The Covid-19 pandemic followed by the ‘hard lockdown has blown a huge hole in South Africa’s economy’! From our already fragile position due to years…
Sustainability is key
Time to stopshooting the messenger Quite a few messages have been going around during the pandemic about ‘Don’t Shoot The Messenger,’ so I decided to focus on this as it…
Wrong hands in the coffers
Dr Onkgopotse JJ Tabane was in conversation with the Auditor General, Mr Kimi Makwetu, who asserts that there is still no consequence for inaction in managing the country’s purse It…
