VAT wars, political shifts, and economic storms: Dawie Roodt unpacks SA’s fiscal future

Loading player...
Economist Dawie Roodt joins Bronwyn Nielsen to discuss South Africa’s VAT hike, political tensions, and economic stagnation. He critiques government spending, warns of investor flight, and calls for urgent tax reform. A sharp, insightful take on the country’s fiscal future and the growing pressure on the ANC-led coalition government.
22 Apr 2025 6AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

Leon Kluge: The botanist turning South Africa's flowers into gold

Leon Kluge pulled off a hat-trick no South African had managed before: three straight gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, the world's most prestigious garden show. But this year's win very nearly didn't happen. Storms and flooding tore through the Western Cape days before the harvest, cutting farmers off…
15 Sep 12PM 42 min

6 bodies found: Killing spree of “serial” rapist…

In this BizNews interview, Chris Steyn and Juanita du Preez, the national spokesperson for Action Society, talk about the killing spree of a suspected serial rapist (or group of rapists) in Ekurhuleni. By yesterday (Monday), five bodies had been found, four in Kempton Park, one in Olifantsfontein, and this morning…
15 Sep 7AM 15 min