R10 billion allocated to fight COVID-19 in South Africa
The government will roll out a free mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign for which money has been
Education gets lion’s share of the budget
The Department of Social Development gets the second biggest slice of the cake with R335 billion
Mboweni announces slight increase in social grants
Social grants have been increased by below inflation rates of between 1 and 3.4% from April 1.
Political parties react to 2021 Budget Speech
Political parties reacted to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget speech on Wednesday. Mboweni did
SARS welcomes Mboweni’s 2021 Budget
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni’s 2021 Budget
Government will not introduce any tax increase: Mboweni
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says government will not introduce any tax increases this year mainly
Police disperse protesting Saftu members outside parliament
Police have fired stun grenades to disperse members of the labour federation, South African
Mboweni expected to show government commitment to reduce large fiscal deficit
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget speech on Wednesday afternoon is expected to show
Cosatu hopes Mboweni will give more focus to COVID-19 challenges
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni may have a little more room to manoeuvre this year in his budget
It could take 10 years to address unemployment: Economist
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) chief economist Lullu Kruger has warned that it could take 10 years to
DA to oppose any SOE funding in Mboweni’s budget speech
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will strongly oppose any funding of the financial cash-strapped
Tax revenue collections may provide cash needed to fund vaccines: Economist
Chief economist at Investec, Annabel Bishop, says a possible R100 Billion underestimation in tax
Mboweni to table his budget speech in the midst of a stagnant economy
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will on Wednesday table the much anticipated budget speech in the
Mboweni unlikely to increase taxes to finance vaccine programme: Economists
Economists say Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is unlikely to increase taxes in order to finance the
Cosatu says it anticipates creation of more economic opportunities
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it anticipates more economic opportunities
The basis of South Africa’s annual budgets needs an overhaul, here’s why and how
Governments in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy
USAF hopes Mboweni won’t cut university subsidies further
Universities South Africa (USAF), the umbrella body of higher education institutions, says it will
Tourism sector hoping for some financial relief from Budget Speech
The tourism and hospitality sector is still reeling from the prolonged COVID-19 lockdown. The impact
Tax experts divided on Mboweni’s expected tax announcements
Tax Experts are divided on whether tax increases will be a good or bad idea this week when Finance
North West municipal unions to approach courts after pension benefits lapse
Municipal Unions in the North West say they will now approach the courts after the pension benefits