Why hiking taxes will not solve South Africa’s fiscal woes. A look at whether the Land Expropriation Act furore has an impact on personal finances and why companies mustn’t get swept up in the tech hype at the expense of true return on investment. Moneyweb

‘This year we're expecting to deliver 20 000 gifts, which means that there are 50 000 people across South Africa feeling the love and feeling the connection that that gift brings,’ says Savannah Plaskitt, head of marketing at NetFlorist. Moneyweb

The Citrus Growers’ Association asks for tangible remedies to port and rail infrastructure problems to boost exports. While CEOs and economists remain optimistic about SA’s growth, budget 2025 must lift business sentiment. And the life and legacy of late Namibian president Sam Nujoma. Moneyweb

‘How we think that it is going to ensure that there's protection of the vulnerable individuals, it is so because there's going to now be a register from which any employer can refer from,’ says Nomahlubi Khwinana, commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission. Moneyweb

The SA Human Rights Commission welcomes the publishing of a national sex offenders register, but will this help curb sexual violence? How private capital can unlock growth and jobs. Why appointing the right, qualified and experienced people to public office is critical for growth. Moneyweb

‘This new 12.4 in the Expropriation Act just opens a door on the never-never and creates massive insecurity of property, and we don't believe that a government should have that power again,’ says DA Federal Council chair, Helen Zille. Moneyweb

The DA heads to court over the Land Expropriation Act. Why the Universal Healthcare Access Coalition believes that the NHI is fiscally and institutionally unimplementable and their proposal of an alternative. And despite government’s best-laid plans, an expert says South Africa is not ready to produce green hydrogen energy. Moneyweb

‘There are many people who want South Africa to succeed, both within the Republicans and the Democratic Party in the US, and across the business community in the US, and across civil society as well,’ says the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa. Moneyweb

The South African Aerospace Maritime and Defence Industries Association wonders why the President kept mum on defence spending during his State of the Nation address. Tax implications if you’ve made use of the two-pot system. And why South Africa could be a haven for those wanting to flee ‘Apartheid America’. Moneyweb

‘When you’re talking about doing it green, they want to put up a solar plant and that solar plant is now earmarked for a very specific place where the emerging farmers of the area have got grazing land, and that land will be taken from them,’ says Neville van Rooy, community outreach coordinator at The Green Connection. Moneyweb