A hostile response signals the start of the treasury’s struggle to avoid amendments to the 2025 budget
		
	 
	
		
		Budget approval hangs in the balance and resistance to it is set to play out in the legislature’s finance committees 
		
	 
	
		
		The deal was announced days after the United States withdrew support for the country’s just-energy transition
		
	 
	
		
		His party would have yielded if any increases were guaranteed to be temporary and tied to an overhaul of state spending patterns
		
	 
	
		
		The finance minister suggests that much of the opposition wrangling is part of a broader political battle 
		
	 
	
		
		The minister conceded that the measure did not have support across the political spectrum
		
	 
	
		
		The president is taking a transactional approach to resolving a diplomatic tempest
		
	 
	
		
		Any VAT increase is probably off the table, leaving the treasury to look for revenue without bringing the coalition to the brink
		
	 
	
		
		The Ukrainian president’s visit is announced as Europe rallies after Washington cuts support 
		
	 
	
		
		Kallie Kriel said treason charges were baseless and would only serve AfriForum’s cause