Dondo Mogajane
latest news & developmentsThe Fiscal Cliff | Shallow state purse deepens jobs crisis
In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s…
Home Affairs blunder could cost taxpayers R500m
A liquidated company is fighting to get home affairs to pay the years old debt owed to them
Duncan Pieterse takes treasury top job
The new director general played a key role in developing the Eskom Debt Relief Bill
Treasury debt relief tests what happens when goodwill is conditional
The treasury has found a new way to throw its weight around. Who will it crush first?
Treasury needs an insider director general
But the department’s already reduced ranks may make it difficult to find someone with the technical know-how and clout to replace Dondo Mogajane
Editorial: Praise for treasury’s Mogajane, but his replacement faces a battle
When Dondo Mogajane became director general of the national treasury, question marks were raised about his ability to defend the institution. Five years later, it was a war well…
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
New migration policy could cut remittances lifeline
Migrant workers are seen as contributing to South Africa’s unemployment crisis. But cutting them off threatens to throw the regional economy off kilter
‘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
Light at end of tunnel, but wage bill could blow the budget
The treasury is meeting rating agencies that identified the public service compensation as a threat to South Africa’s credit outlook
Basic income grant not on treasury’s watchlist — yet
Treasury officials will model the effect of the grant on the fiscus if the need arises
National Arts Council surplus policy ‘breaks Act’
A funding policy loophole seems to be encouraging feeding at the trough at the NAC
Zondo commission gets R75-million, but still needs more funding
The money was found within the existing budget of the justice department after the treasury said it was not prepared to make a further allocation
We will find resources to ensure the Zondo commission completes its work — Lamola
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says his department will ensure the state capture commission is afforded the financial resources to complete its work, despite the treasury’s…
Mboweni says no more Zondo funding as court extends commission’s lifespan
The finance minister suggests money should be found from the cash-strapped justice department