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Treasury senior official calls it quits as Zuma takeover looms

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Michael Sachs, the head of the budgeting office at the national treasury, has reportedly resigned because of interference in its budgeting process by the presidency. The Business Day newspaper reported on Monday morning that “a joint team from the treasury and the Office of the president” are searching for R40-billion in expenditure cuts from the..
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How you will pay for Zuma’s free education plan

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The government is considering drastic budget cuts to fund free higher education, including cutting social grants, freezing the roll-out of RDP houses and increasing taxes. With the country facing an unpre-cedented R50.8‑billion revenue hole, a treasury document has been put before President Jacob Zuma by the presidential fiscal committee, outlining possible areas where budgets could..
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SARS desperate – goes after taxpayer who owes R0.49

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SARS is getting desperate after suffering huge shortfalls, and is now auditing a large portion of taxpayers who need to receive refunds. This is according to the Rapport newspaper, which spoke to tax practitioners about changes at the revenue service. According to the newspaper, more salary earners are subjected to audits – while SARS takes..
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Zuma’s Mask Slips All The Way As He Shows How Far He’s Willing To Go

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Jacob Zuma drops soil onto the grave of veteran journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu at the West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg. Sisulu was imprisoned during apartheid for voicing opposition to the National Party. The coordinated, yet clumsy and moronic, attempt through the weekend by the State Security Agency and SA Revenue Service to stop distribution of Jacques..
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Charges Laid Against ‘President’s Keepers’ Author Jacques Pauw

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Move comes after repeated threats from State Security Agency Veteran journalist Jacques Pauw, the author of The President’s Keepers, leaves the eNCA offices in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, this week.  Gauteng provincial police spokesman Col Lungelo Dlamini has told TimesLIVE that criminal charges have been opened against investigative journalist Jacques Pauw. TimesLIVE understands the charges against Pauw, author of..
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Brave Suzanne Daniels Exposes How ‘Barefooted’ Ajay Gupta Captured Eskom

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Guptas: Things fall apart In a previous interview he did with Stephen Grootes (which was set up and then buried by now-defunct PR firm Bell Pottinger, only to then be leaked later); Ajay Gupta came across as a lying, incoherent man. However, Ajay’s lack of finesse appears to be his trademark. In Parliament yesterday, Eskom’s suspended head..
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How you will pay for Zuma’s free education plan

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The government is considering drastic budget cuts to fund free higher education, including cutting social grants, freezing the roll-out of RDP houses and increasing taxes. With the country facing an unpre-cedented R50.8‑billion revenue hole, a treasury document has been put before President Jacob Zuma by the presidential fiscal committee, outlining possible areas where budgets could..
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Pauw Gets Death Threats Over Zuma Book

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Investigative journalist and author Jacques Pauw.  “If you don’t stop writing about Jacob Zuma‚ you are going to be dead.” That is the message investigative journalist and author of The President’s Keepers‚ Jacques Pauw‚ says he received from an anonymous caller on Monday evening. “I received a call from a private number while I was..
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Take Your Money Out Of South Africa, Says Economist

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“Take your money out of South Africa. This country is in deep trouble.” This is the shattering advice given by Efficient Group’s chief economist Dawie Roodt following the release of the auditor-general’s report on national irregular expenditure. The report showed that irregular expenditure increased 55% since the previous year to R45.6billion and could rise to..
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SANRAL SCRAPS E-TOLL DEBT OF R3.6BN

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Sanral says it will write off R3.6 billion for the current financial year but will continue attempts to recover unpaid e-tolls by taking defaulters to court. The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed it will be scrapping debt of more than R3 billion in unpaid e-tolls. Sanral says it will write off..
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