The National Treasury’s decision to withhold July 2026 equitable share transfers from 69 municipalities is a false solution that punishes the poor while failing to address systemic financial problems.
The National Treasury’s decision to withhold July 2026 equitable share transfers from 69 municipalities is a false solution that punishes the poor while failing to address systemic financial problems.
The People Against Budget Cuts (PABC) argues that the 2026 Budget is fiscally regressive, prioritising tax breaks for the wealthy and elite while failing to address structural poverty and unemployment.
Current tax policy in South Africa creates a significant disparity that reinforces inequality.
The Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC) argues that the proposed fiscal framework for the 2026 Budget may worsen poverty and unemployment in South Africa, which is the most unequal country in the world.
The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) rejects the 2026 National Budget as a continuation of austerity, liberalisation, and investor-friendly policymaking that prioritise capital over the lives and dignity of the working class and poor.
The AIDC proposes alternatives to austerity, including enhancing tax progressivity and addressing tax evasion to increase public sector funding.
The South African Tax Justice Working Group and allied organisations call on the South African government to match its global commitments with bold domestic action to #TaxTheRich and stop tax abuse by multinational corporations.
We, the undersigned, come together as civil society, trade unions, experts, and activists to establish a common position and agenda for advancing progressive tax reform in South Africa and abroad. We recognise the progressive role that taxation can play in…
We are concerned that very little is mentioned about how to address the problem of mass unemployment.
