Category South Africa

IN FULL | Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget policy statement

Speaker of the NationalAssembly, Thoko Didiza, Deputy Speaker, Annelie Lotriet, Chairperson of the NationalCouncil of Provinces. Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Les Govender His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Honourable Deputy President Paul Mashatile, Cabinet Colleagues,…

Vape tax undermines smoking reduction efforts

Dear minister of finance, In 2022, when you presented the budget, you introduced excise duties on nicotine and nicotine substitute solutions in vaping products. You set this tax at R2.90 per millilitre, increased it to R3.04 the following year, and…