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G'teng housing needs fresh approachHousing stakeholders from across Gauteng put their heads together at a two-day housing summit to take a fresh look at housing challenges, and to find ways of speeding up the process. By Emily Visser20 townships get housing optionsA new programme to be unveiled on 13 September aims to provide alternative housing to backyard shacks that have become an eyesore in 20 townships around Gauteng. By Tammy O'ReillyBudget 2025: 0.5% VAT increase proposed for 2025 and 2026To raise the revenue needed, the government proposes to increase the VAT rate by half- a percentage point in 2025/26, and by another half-a-percentage point in the following year. This will bring the VAT rate to 16 per cent in 2026/27.