Budget

Cooking the economy — a recipe for Tito Mboweni

Article Lester Kiewit - 31 May 2019

It’s a recipe that should feed 58-million with a bit of pot-luck and an ample pinch of salt

The triumph of Trumponomics

Article Patrick Bond - 22 Feb 2019

The budget serves the interests of the rich and powerful and punts crumbs for the poor as meaningful advances

Eskom cliffhanger has SA on edge

Article Lynley Donnelly - 22 Feb 2019

Will Moody’s, won’t Moody’s? The country’s wellbeing depends on a viable turnabout plan

How state funds are sliced up

Article M&G Data Desk & Jacques Coetzee - 22 Feb 2019

At R375-billion, education is the fastest-growing expense on the government’s bill

A necessary bitter aloe to swallow

Article Vukani Mde - 22 Feb 2019

Tito Mboweni’s budget could pit the ANC against significant members of its constituency

Resurrected taxman cometh

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 22 Feb 2019

Tito Mboweni is plugging the revenue collection holes created by the former commissioner

Revenue collection a balancing act

Article Lynley Donnelly - 22 Feb 2019

Increases in indirect taxes such as adjustments to the fuel levy and increases on excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products will raise R1.2-billion

State job cuts rev up unions

Article Lynley Donnelly - 22 Feb 2019

Analysts believe Moody’s will welcome the government’s intention to reduce the public sector wage bill

Mboweni’s Budget shows further erosion in SA’s fiscal strength — Moody’s

Article Jan Cronje - 21 Feb 2019

Moody's currently has South Africa's debt at Baa3 with a stable outlook, one notch above junk status

#Budget2019: Health funding declines as legal claims threaten to bury provinces

Article Daniel Mclaren - 21 Feb 2019

Legal claims against the health department have soared to R80.4-billion and now equate to more than half the annual provincial health budgets.

Budget 2019: EFF and DA detail key issues for Mboweni to prioritise

Article Raeesa Pather - 20 Feb 2019

Opposition parties have added their input ahead of the presentation of the budget speech

SA motor industry’s sweet deal

Article Gemma Ritchie - 1 Feb 2019

Incentive scheme sees billions go to the industry, but supporters say incentives have knock-on benefits

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