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AIDC Submission to National Treasury on Substantive Tax Proposals for the 2027 Budget

The AIDC submission sets out key substantive tax proposals for South Africa’s 2027 Budget. It focuses on making the tax system more progressive, mobilising critical revenue, and addressing severe economic inequality.

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AIDC Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance on the 2026 Draft Bill, Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill

The AIDC submission to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance addresses the 2026 draft Rates, Taxation Laws Amendment (TLAB), and Tax Administration Laws Amendment (TALAB) Bills.

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AIDC Submission to Parliament on the Revised and Proposed Fiscal Framework

The AIDC proposes alternatives to austerity, including enhancing tax progressivity and addressing tax evasion to increase public sector funding.

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Impacts and implications of decommissioning coal-fired power stations within South Africa’s Just Energy Transition

This report examines the impacts and implications of shutting down coal plants and shifting to renewable energy.

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#FixEskom to address South Africa’s energy crisis: Private sector is the problem not the solution to the electricity crisis: a public pathway is possible!

Context: The escalation of load shedding and Eskom’s general debilitation has exploded into a national crisis. Unfortunately for South Africans, the government has not confronted this crisis with effective and just solutions.  After years of short-sighted policy choices, the government…

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These are dark days for South Africa: The power crisis is worsening, but its effects are not equally felt

By Andile Zulu | The Continent | 21 Jan 2023 It is just three weeks into the new year, and South Africans have spent most of it without consistent power, with little sign of improvement on the horizon. Rolling blackouts of up to 10 hours…

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AIDC statement: More foreign loans = greater indebtedness and hardship

The AIDC notes with great concern, the third secretive loan agreement that President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed on behalf of South Africa in Egypt. This follows the Glasgow deal struck in 2021. The ongoing lack of transparency and accountability by…

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