Utility says that this will encourage defaulting municipalities to cough up
Sale of mobile telecommunication spectrum is ‘a significant milestone in our reform agenda’ — Ramaphosa
This year’s budget will be a balancing act, but the treasury needs to prioritise restoring South Africans economic agency
In the meantime, government will mull the best options to replace this grant with another form of income support
Economists predict the finance minister will speak about the basic income grant, the effect of the July riots on the fiscus, and bailouts
It is becoming clear SA needs a BIG, as many ANC cabinet members, opposition parties and experts agree. But there is still dissent from some quarters
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Experts offer their advice about what Finance Minister Tito Mboweni should focus on in next week’s budget speech
Oil prices are rocketing and billions are flowing into the fiscus, Lynley Donnelly reports