Nene falls in with big business
With additional pressures on the poor, judgment day could be approaching faster.
Budget 2015
Nene hits public sector pay
The minister’s intentions to contain expenditure may be undermined by strikes in the civil service.
In for a penny, in for a pounding
Although the individual increases are not large, they add up to a real squeeze.
Living on a beggar’s budget
Unemployed people are slipping through the cracks because most of the country’s money is locked up in the financial sector.
Fracking in Karoo gets a R108m injection
The department of science and technology saw its budget increase steadily since its formation in 2002.
Infrastructure spend aims to boost growth and jobs
The construction of an R19-billion new railway link to Swaziland is in the concept stage.
Power crisis will curtail economy
Mining and manufacturing will be worst affected because of their high-intensity electricity usage.
Electricity crisis sparks shift to low-energy sectors
Any hope for better economic growth in the short term would have to be in industries less affected by the energy crisis, said the minister.
Drip-feed won’t solve water crisis
The true amount being spent on water usage is obscured by the fractured nature of its provision.
Nene skimps on details of assets sale
The minister proposes a temporary increase in the electricity levy but few believe it will end.
Mixed reactions to 2015 budget
While some such as the RAF and Tisa have welcomed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s new budget plans, others are not so happy.
Nene is no Tom Cruise, even if his mission is impossible
Nhlanhla Nene has little good luck and plenty of tough luck for the country’s millions of children, young people and universities as well.
Parastatals weigh on SA’s future
The financial health of the country’s parastatals is so important that the budget review document has a new chapter dedicated to it.
Novice Nene in political frying pan
The finance minister has delivered a tough budget to counter the effects of ongoing maladministration.
Editorial: Taxpayers bear the burden
In dire financial times for South Africa, the President’s Russian nuclear deal is not even mentioned in the national budget.
United Front demand a people’s budget
The group handed over a nine-page memorandum demanding a people’s budget, decided by the people to end gender-based violence and load-shedding.
Budget speech: Nene clamps down on bugbears
The finance minister announced treasury’s intention to reduce the main budget expenditure ceiling by R25-billion over the next two years.
Budget 2015: Nene doles out our tax fate
Aside from the usual rise in sin taxes, petrol, electricity and income tax are going up, while small businesses are getting some reprieve.