Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe says the current tax system no longer matches the economy it is meant to fund. He says laws written for a mineral-driven, goods-based economy is struggling to capture income generated by digital services, remote transactions and a more complex private sector. Reform, the Minister says, is no longer optional.
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