Regulation, the budget, tax and the policy decisions that move South African business.
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A new draft plan would rebuild the country's emergency fuel reserves to 60 days' worth, after years of running them down left barely two weeks in the tank.
A draft policy now out for comment would force fuel manufacturers and wholesalers to hold 14 days of refined stock, put 90 days of crude in state hands at Saldanha, and spell out when the minister can declare a fuel emergency and start rationing.
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SAHPRA has ordered an urgent, top-tier recall of every weight-loss injection made by iDexis, and warned the doctors who keep prescribing them.
Parliament is taking public submissions until 21 August on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, which would force big operators to share unused spectrum and open their networks to smaller rivals.
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SARS has begun issuing auto-assessments to around six million taxpayers between 1 and 12 July, telling most of them they need do nothing at all.
SARS begins issuing around 6 million automatic assessments from today, with refunds promised within 72 hours where everything is in order.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has warned the City of Johannesburg he may halt its transfers, citing an unfunded budget and mounting unpaid bills.
With public comment on the draft Capital Flow Management Regulations closing on 30 June, economists warn that pulling crypto into exchange controls could backfire.
Long-awaited remuneration provisions of the Companies Amendment Act are now in force, handing shareholders a binding vote on executive pay.
The SARB has gazetted commemorative R2 and R5 coins celebrating 1976, Charlotte Maxeke and 30 years of the Constitution, with legal-tender status from 16 June.
Water Minister Pemmy Majodina has put a R26 billion price tag on the leaks, theft and broken billing draining municipal coffers every year.
The state utility's new Eskom Green division will chase utility-scale renewable projects and is slated to become an independent subsidiary.