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In 2019 the 17.1% of all South African taxpayers were located in the Western Cape; the province contributed 16.9% of the country's total taxable income thereby contributing to just under R 269.58 billion to the fiscus. [14] Below is a breakdown of the Western Cape governments 2021/22 budget.
In the 2018/19 fiscal year SARS collected R1 287.7 billion (equivalent to US$86.4 billion)[5]in tax revenue, a figure R71.2 billion (or 5.8%) more than that from the previous fiscal year. In 2018/19 financial year, South Africa had a tax-to-GDP ratio of 26.2% that was only slightly more than the 25.9% in 2017/18.
The Western Cape accounts for half of South Africa's domestic production of cheese. [43] The largest manufacturing industry in the province is the clothing and textile industry, which employs over 170,000 people. The textile industry is presently declining in importance, due to competition with cheaper Eastern producers, such as China.
The Western Cape province of South Africa is governed in a parliamentary system in which the people elect the Provincial Parliament, and the parliament elects the Premier as head of the executive. The Premier leads a cabinet of provincial ministers overseeing various executive departments. The provincial government is subject to the ...
The Western Cape (Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap [ˈvɛskɑːp]; Xhosa: iNtshona-Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous , with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. [ 7 ]
Western Cape Local Government Laws Rationalisation Act, 2010: 5: Western Cape District Health Councils Act, 2010: 6: Western Cape Health Care Waste Management Amendment Act, 2010: 7: Western Cape Provincial School Education Amendment Act, 2010: 8: Western Cape Procurement (Business Interests of Employees) Act, 2010: 9: Western Cape Adjustments ...
UTC+2 ( SAST) Postal code (street) 7349. Area code. 021. Atlantis is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa and is 40 km (25 mi) north of Cape Town. [ 2 ][ 3 ] As of 2011, it has 67,491 residents. Unemployment, lack of housing and crime are major challenges in the area. [ 4 ]
Politics of the Western Cape. During the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia the City of Cape Town lit up the City Hall in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. The Western Cape government's open support for Ukraine was in contrast to the neutral position taken by the South African government and is representative of the province's different ...