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Austerity budget unpacked

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The finance minister has said it’s not an austerity project. But the numbers and economists disagree
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Financial sector increases its government debt to 22%

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The banking sector will be in a vulnerable position if the national treasury does not stabilise its debt
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Tito’s budget tries to boost economic growth and arrest debt

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Government spending has reached a record 41.7% of GDP, and the budget deficit has widened from 5.7% in 2019 to an estimated 14%
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Snip, snip: Mboweni eyes wage bill, other future spending cuts

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Last year, the finance minister noted that increased government spending has failed to promote growth over the past decade
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Budget: Mboweni pegs recovery hopes on vaccine efficacy, lower public wage increases

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The treasury forecasts 3.3% growth, but warns this will fall to 1.6% if the fledgeling vaccination programme fails to stem successive Covid waves
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The numbers don’t lie: Tito Mboweni must focus on the long game, experts say

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Experts offer their advice about what Finance Minister Tito Mboweni should focus on in next week’s budget speech
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R350 a month: Inside the lives of special grant recipients

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The Covid-19 relief grant helped millions of South Africans, but it ended in January. The M&G spoke to unemployed youth who found the money helpful
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Repo rate remains unchanged at 3.5%

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The South African Reserve Bank’s MPC has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged, at 3.5%, to let the actions it took last year trickle down into the economy
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How to rescue SA’s ailing economy

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2020 was a challenging year for everybody, with no growth forecast in the economy, fears of a deep recession and a jobs bloodbath. Three experts contextualise this situation, focusing on what can be done in 2021 to slow down the spiral into an economic abyss
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Editorial: Don’t get risky on the rebound

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We need to keep looking out for each other. Otherwise those economic gains will be wiped out as the body count grows
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South Africa records impressive economic recovery

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The country’s economy grew at an annualised rate of 66.1%, marking the strongest pace of expansion since at least 1993
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Biodiversity is crucial for South Africa’s food security

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Farming must embrace sustainable, regenerative agriculture practices to secure our future
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The price of violence: R145-billion

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The costs include expenditure on security, justice and health rather than on productive efforts, investment is driven away and psychological effects results in lower productivity
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Tax the super rich and raise inflation to cut state debt, inequality and poverty

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The richest 10% of South Africans own over 85% of all private wealth and a once-off 25% tax would reduce government debt by more than half. Imagine what a five-year wealth tax could do
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Public wage bill is impeding SA’s growth prospects — Busa

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Business Unity South Africa is eager to talk to its social partners at Nedlac about how the spiralling public-sector wage bill can be tamed. And the organisation says these talks need to happen soon
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