Steenhuisen slams ANC’s ‘disastrous’ VAT hike plan—DA fights back

Freshly returned from a working trip to the US and Europe, Dr Frans Cronjé is not surprised to see IRR polling puts the DA ahead of the ANC. it’s a consequence, he says, of Luthuli House’s penchant for scoring own goals. In this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, SA’s…

Business organisation Sakeliga is seeking a court order to force President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet to take direct responsibility for the recovery of a failing municipality. If the court order is granted, power and water must be restored within 30 days and the intervention cannot not stop until the…

In this episode of the BizNews Briefing, Dr Frans Cronjé provides context on the ANC’s popularity plunge that’s taken it below the DA - and an update on how Washington is viewing SA (and ‘special envoy’ Mcebisi Jonas); Apple’s share price jumps after the iPhone maker is granted exemption from…

The latest polling of voters by the Institute of Race Relations has thrown up what the IRR’s Hermann Pretorius describes as a “political earthquake” - a watershed rarely seen in SA’s leading think-tank’s 96 year history. Pretorius unpacks results of the twice a year survey which was conducted, co-incidentally, at…

For the first time, the DA surpasses the ANC in voter sentiment at 30.3% to 29.7%, per an IRR poll, hinting at a seismic political shift. Frustration with ANC’s policies, like NHI and VAT hikes, fuels the change. Meanwhile, controversial security bill amendments spark outrage, and global trade tensions rise…