The AIDC submission addresses the National Treasury’s fiscal policies, including the disproportionate weighting placed on debt-to-GDP as opposed to targeting reductions in poverty, inequality and unemployment.
The AIDC submission addresses the National Treasury’s fiscal policies, including the disproportionate weighting placed on debt-to-GDP as opposed to targeting reductions in poverty, inequality and unemployment.
This week, representatives of states from around the world are meeting in New York to negotiate the future of the international tax system.
Civil society organisations are hosting the fifth African Regional Indaba on the UN binding treaty on business and human rights at the ANEW Hotel Parktonian in Johannesburg on 20 and 21 June 2024. In the lead-up to the tenth session…
The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) has submitted a written commentary and critique on the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals of the 2024 Budget Speech to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance. The primary objective of this submission…
Today, the members of the United Nations voted to approve a resolution, tabled by the Africa Group, calling for the establishment of a United Nations framework convention on taxation. This is a landmark moment, marking possibly the biggest shift in…
The United Nations last week published a draft resolution, tabled by Nigeria on behalf of the Africa Group, calling for a United Nations convention on international tax cooperation. This is a welcome step towards fixing the outdated international tax framework…
PREAMBLE We, the social movements, civil society organisations, grassroots communities, lawyers, academics, experts and others, from several provinces of Mozambique and also from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Brazil, Cuba, France,…
By Boaventura Monjane and Anesu Dera | Daily Maverick | 02 Jul 2023 On 28 and 29 June, community members, popular formations and civil society organisations from across the African continent gathered in Johannesburg to participate in the African Regional Indaba…
Civil society organisations are hosting the fourth African Regional Indaba on the UN binding treaty on business and human rights at Parktonian Hotel in Johannesburg on 27 and 28 June 2023. The Centre for Applied Legal Studies, ActionAid, the…
International tax and wage evasion by multi-or transnational corporations is a serious issue for all countries, but especially for Global South states with large extractives sectors. It is in these countries where the social and environmental damage of mining occurs,…
