{"id":12923,"date":"2026-01-16T14:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12923"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:03:04","slug":"sa-extends-deadline-for-comments-on-online-betting-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12923","title":{"rendered":"SA extends deadline for comments on online-betting tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>South Africa extended the deadline for public comment on a proposed 20% online-gambling tax due to requests for more time.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Planned online gambling tax for South Africa<\/p>\n<p>The National Treasury moved the final date for comments on a discussion paper it published last year to February 27 from January 30, it said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read: A national online gambling tax without a national online gambling law<\/p>\n<p>The proposed tax is a response to the rapid rise of online gambling in Africa\u2019s most industrialised nation. Data from the National Gambling Board show that about R1.5 trillion ($92 billion) was wagered in South Africa in the 2024\u201325 financial year, almost one-third more than during the previous financial year.<\/p>\n<p>Read: South Africa weighs 20% tax on online gambling<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#extends #deadline #comments #onlinebetting #tax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa extended the dead&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[9138,8210,4548,9139,227],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}