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Godongwana’s Budget has won support from the ANC, the Inkatha Freedom Party, GOOD, and the Patriotic Alliance.

However, the Democratic Alliance, MK Party, and the EFF have said they will vote against the proposed Budget unless the VAT hike is scrapped.

...construction stood at 21% as of March 2025—hampered by tender disputes, funding shortages

Africa’s most industrialized economy could expand by 2.1% this year, analysts at the Johannesburg-based lender said on Tuesday. That compares with the 1.7% expansion forecast by the central bank, up from 0.7% in 2024.

“Growth should be a lot better this year,” Absa economist Miyelani Maluleke told a media round table.

According to the office of the presidency, Motsoaledi expressed concern about unregulated imported foodstuffs containing hemp and cannabis flooding South Africa.

This led to the outright ban on importing, producing, or selling of any food containing these and their derivatives.

However, the blanket ban was met with wide criticism in the cannabis and hemp industry, particularly because it had the effect of criminalising food items that were not illegal before.

The ban applied to any part of the plant or component of cannabis, including Sativa, Indica, Ruderalis, hemp seed oil, or powder derivatives from the various species or sub-species.