Thursday 18 September 2025 - The arrest of five South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers accused of conspiring to steal illicit cigarettes has laid bare the rotten corruption…
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Friday 29 August 2025 - TAX JUSTICE SA today calls for illicit trade to be declared a national emergency after a damning new international report revealed that South Africa…
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Tuesday 5 August 2025 – TAX Justice South Africa has welcomed a High Court judgment confirming a preservation order against Amalgamated Tobacco Manufacturing, and 19 other entities, who are…
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Wednesday 16 July 2025 - TAX Justice SA today welcomes the Government’s acknowledgment of the devastating scale of the illicit cigarette trade and urges authorities to now crack down…
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Tuesday 8 July 2025 - SENSATIONAL new evidence reveals that South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade has soared to “anarchic” levels, supercharged by brands from the tobacco company at the…
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Wednesday 02 April 2025 - The taxman’s recovery of R30 billion from syndicated crime over the past year underscores both a significant victory and a stark warning: South Africa’s…
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Wednesday 12 March 2025 – Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget speech has confirmed South Africans’ worst fears: a 0.5 percentage point VAT increase and another round of above-inflation excise…
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Tuesday 11 March 2025 – HIKES in 'sin taxes' in tomorrow’s Budget will further fuel the criminal networks already stealing R100 billion a year from South Africa through illicit…
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Thursday 20 February 2025 - Eliminating the rampant illicit cigarette trade would generate as much money as raising VAT by one percentage point, Tax Justice SA (TJSA) can reveal.…
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Tuesday 18 February 2025 - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana must resist the temptation to impose unsustainable ‘sin tax’ increases in his Budget Speech on Wednesday, warns Tax Justice SA…
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