Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered a safe, no real surprises budget today (Tuesday 22 February) with R9.5-billion personal tax relief achieved by increasing the personal tax brackets

Non profits that are struggling to successfully apply for funding from the National Lottery Board (NLB) should persevere in their attempts – even if it means finding a public interest lawyer to stand in their corner.

More than 6 million South Africans are unemployed and unionised members are becoming more cautious about their union engagement

A study by the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town has shown that 20% of all jobs created in South Africa since 1994 have been for temporary employees and were generated by labour brokers.

The latest debacle and confusion around the how the authorities intend to enforce e-tolling offenders is yet another example of how little thought was given to this process.

Five years ago, attractive Research and Development (R&D) income tax allowances were made available to those taxpayers that conducted research or were involved in devising, developing or creating any invention, design or computer program. In terms of section 11D of the Income Tax Act, taxpayers who were involved in R&D could claim a 150 percent allowance on expenditure (excluding capital expenditure) actually incurred by such taxpayers directly in respect of activities undertaken in the Republic.

The burden of governance issues at Board level has become ever greater and these issues are crowding out other items on Board agendas. Despite more frequent and longer Board meetings, directors complain that there just isn’t enough time to talk about the business anymore.