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South African’s KwaZulu-Natal to Raise Gaming Taxes
The secretary for the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature has published an amendment to the South African province’s KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Betting bill, raising gaming taxes. The amendments include an increase in tax rates
across the board, including items such as casino gaming tax, limited payout machine gaming tax, bingo gaming tax, and the betting tax on fixed odds bets on sporting events. For casino tax, operators are expected to pay
9.85% tax on gross gaming revenue (GGR) which doesn’t exceed SAR12m (£560,000/€660,000). Revenue above SAR12m but under SAR30m is taxed at 11.3%. Revenue between SAR30m and SAR100m will be taxed at 12.5%, the same rate as before. The highest possible tax rate for casinos is for revenue of SAR100m or more, which is taxed at 14.05%. Previously, revenue less than SAR30m was taxed
at 9.5% and revenue above this total at 12.5%. Tax rates for limited payout machine gaming were
set at 15.25% of GGR, paid to the Provincial Revenue Fund. The highest tax rate for bingo gaming is R73.8m for revenue of SAR1bn or more. The secretary for the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature,
Letho Sibiya, said he doesn’t foresee such proposals being met with any objection, “given that the tax rates have not been revised for many years”. Regarding tax revenue from horse racing, the amendment proposes that revenue be paid to other categories of licenced operators, rather than just to the operator Gold Circle as is currently the case.
The bill proposed category 1 licensed racecourse
operators – those which conduct thoroughbred horse race meetings – should receive 1.6% horse racing tax revenue. Category 2 operators who conduct harness racing
horse race meetings, and category 3 operators who conduct standardbred horse race meetings should receive 0.2% each. Another proposal suggested that a percentage of
the tax revenues which are currently being paid into a provincial revenue fund should be funneled into a Transformation Fund for “specific projects to be undertaken by the licensee in accordance with a detailed project plan”. For fixed odds betting, operators are subjected to
a tax rate of 6.0%. 3.0% goes to the Provincial Revenue Fund, 1.0% to the Transformation Fund, 1.6% to category 1 operators, and 0.2% to category 2 and 3 operators.
Kagiso Motsisi Apointed VIP Services Manager, Sun City
Sun City has announced the appointment of Kagiso Motsisi as VIP Services Manager. In her new role, Kagiso will provide leadership
to the VIP Services department and be responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of the VIP Services strategy and guest engagement. In collaboration with her team, she aims to
enhance relationships with current top-end gaming customers and increase the database, whilst adhering to gaming regulations, legislative requirements and company standards. Her appointment falls perfectly in line with her
qualifications and work service, which has been geared towards customer centricity. “This is a wonderful opportunity, as it merges
my gaming knowledge, industry involvement and passion for rendering exceptional service in order to create lasting memories for our customers.” she said. “I look forward to contributing innovatively to
this space to elevate the high-end customer experience even further and to solidify Sun City’s
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standing as the ultimate destination for VIP guests.” Kagiso has been with the Sun International
group for 13 years. She boasts extensive knowledge in gaming systems and has held various positions in Gaming & Marketing, including Promotions, CRM, VIP Personal Host and most recently, Direct Marketing & Loyalty Manager. She holds an internationally recognised Diploma in Marketing Management with IMM and has completed multiple certified courses within Sun International, which includes Management Level 3, Digital Marketing, Data Analysis, Project Management. Currently, she is studying Mandarin with Wits Language School. Welcoming Kagiso’s appointment, Sun City
Resort Gaming Manager, Mark Bricknell said: “We are delighted with this appointment and look forward to her valued contributions in enhancing the incredible offerings for our VIP guests.”
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