Solidarity Tax

Funding a vaccine will tax our limits

VAT should not be hiked, but a once-off levy on mineral resources or a solidarity tax seems likely

Sarah Smit

South Africa’s buildings account for 40% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

9 MAY 2020

Three ways to finance the Covid-19 policy response

The government will have to consider the pros and cons of direct taxation, de facto taxation and debt as it negotiates the coronavirus economic crisis

Adam Aboobaker
Ihsaan Bassier

9 min read