Budget 2022
latest news & developments
Treasury’s most senior official to leave in June
Dondo Mogajane is set to pursue new opportunities outside the public sector after his contract as treasury director general expires
Excluded from the economy, but ‘women work all the time’
More women than men are unemployed, partly because they are engaged in unpaid labour: caregiving, cooking and cleaning
‘SA is heading towards another lost decade’
Last month’s budget was positive about the trajectory of the economy but near-term growth projection are only slightly higher than during South Africa’s darkest years
SA’s economy is still 1.8% smaller than before Covid-19
The country’s economy shrank by 6.4% in 2020 but real GDP increased by 4.9% in 2021
Can harsh fiscal trade-offs still improve agency and social cohesion for South Africans?
This year’s budget will be a balancing act, but the treasury needs to prioritise restoring South Africans economic agency
Long wishlist for Godongwana ahead of Wednesday budget speech
Political parties and trade unions are asking the finance minister to address the growing national debt crisis and to extend the R350 grant