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South Africa government reference data

11 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency ZAR.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
SARB repurchase (repo) rate 7 percent 2026-05-29 SARB — Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee, 23 July 2026, deliv 2026-07-24
VAT standard rate 15 percent 2018-04-01 SARS — Tax Rates: Value-Added Tax (page last updated 14 May 2026): 'VA 2026-07-24
National Minimum Wage (hourly) 30.23 ZAR per ordinary hour worked 2026-03-01 Department of Employment and Labour, Government Notice No. R. 7083, Go 2026-07-24
Public holidays (free) 26 days held 2026-01-01 Public Holidays Act No. 36 of 1994, Schedule (twelve named days) read 2026-07-24
CPI inflation (headline, year-on-year) 5 percent (YoY) 2026-06-01 Statistics South Africa — Statistical Release P0141, Consumer Price In 2026-07-24
Corporate income tax rate 27 percent 2023-03-31 SARS — Tax Rates: Companies, Trusts and Small Business Corporations (S 2026-07-24
Personal income tax brackets 7 entries — see the API for the full schedule 2026-03-01 SARS — Tax Rates: Rates of Tax for Individuals, table '2027 tax year ( 2026-07-24
SARB rand exchange rates (official reference) 4 entries — see the API for the full schedule 2026-07-31 South African Reserve Bank — Current Market Rates (Exchange rates sect 2026-07-31
Prescribed rate of interest derived 10.5 percent 2026-05-29 Derived from the SARB repo rate (this API's ZA policy-rate series) und 2026-07-24
VAT registration threshold 2300000 ZAR 2026-04-01 SARS - Register for VAT: compulsory registration applies 'where the va 2026-07-31
Withholding tax rates structured — see the API 2017-02-22 SARS, per-tax pages: Dividends Tax - 'The rate of Dividends Tax increa 2026-07-31

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.