The bipartisan bill accuses the ANC, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Naledi Pandor of anti-semitic statements
Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech will count in the long term, if he survives the elections, but it is too late to buy him voters, experts say
The industry has struggled in the face of energy and logistics constraints, but signs of progress have stirred cautious optimism
Investors will struggle to look beyond the country’s energy and logistics crises
The finance minister was speaking on a panel in Davos about the expansion of Brics
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana noted that South Africa’s position on Israel’s occupation of Palestine has always been clear
The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift
R22.8 billion will be used to tackle urgent liquidity matters, such as settling maturity debt
The Reserve Bank governor confirmed the central bank is in talks with the treasury over calls to tap the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account
Forensic investigator raises the alarm over the decision to hold an in-camera inquiry into the swindle in which investors lost billions and calls for the minister of finance to intervene
The minister was in hospital for a routine medical checkup, according to his department
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been battling illness
Joy Basu said the US wants women owned business to benefit more from Agoa
A senior treasury official told MPs the intention was not to close the widening deficit through higher personal income taxes
AU commissioner Albert Muchanga said reciprocal US access to duty-free African markets would not benefit the continent
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has emphasised the need to address supply-side constraints, such as the country’s energy and logistics crises
Increases will be announced in the new year to raise an additional R15 billion in revenue
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said he would resist the temptation to respond to the entity’s call for a cash injection through the media
But Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says beyond that mark, a comprehensive review of all welfare grants is needed
A report by treasury and the World Bank estimated the average funding gap for financing disaster response in South Africa at R2.3 billion
The aim is to get better value for money spent, and to close or merge entities, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said
The treasury is looking to enforce strict conditions on the power utility, which is viewed as a major risk to the country’s economic outlook
The minister underlined that in the wake of efforts to grow the economy, the government must respect budget constraint
Today, as the country awaits the next update on the state of its public purse, the prospect of a debt crisis seems more imminent than before. This is as South Africa’s fiscal position has deteriorated markedly during the course of this year, a dilemma that could see the treasury inflicting another round of spending cuts.
The state-owned logistics entity, plagued by R130 billion in debt and neglected infrastructure, has presented a turnaround plan to claw its way back to profitability
The SACP says the finance minister’s proposed spending cuts are an inappropriate response the country’s economic problems
South Africa to oppose reciprocal duty-free access for US companies during the Agoa conference in November
South Africa’s chickens have finally come to roost, leading the finance minister down a path that may well compromise the ANC
Ten years after its adoption, the government has failed to achieve the targets set out in the National Development Plan. Looming spending cuts will render the NDP even more futile
Countries’ stance on ongoing geopolitical conflict could be what excludes them from the renewal or extension of the African Growth And Opportunity Act
In the wake of a food affordability crisis, prices at retail level are not controlled and the government is at arm’s length
If the state can’t face up to the need to restructure, market forces will dictate just how far the welfare of the state can spread, ultimately eroding the country’s sovereignty