The new director general played a key role in developing the Eskom Debt Relief Bill
Financial Action Task Force noted the country made ‘a high-level political commitment’ to work with the watchdog to tackle money laundering
The finance minister said South Africa still needs to address shortcomings but hopes the sanctions will not be severe
Fiscal consolidation is drawing to a close as the public purse was boosted by commodities, but the treasury will probably continue exercising restraint
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The state is set to achieve a primary budget surplus a year earlier than expected
The Gupta era exposed the flaws in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and now the government is dealing with the consequences
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Ismail Momoniat is hoping to take ‘a massive step forward’ in fortifying the country’s money laundering controls by passing two bills before next February
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South Africa’s banks and the treasury must address legal loopholes and weaknesses by October or face greylisting by global money laundering watchdog
Momoniat’s temporary appointment follows the resignation of former director general Dondo Mogajane, who worked in the ministry for 23 years.
It’s a history littered with lessons and crumbs of what was to become the SAA privatised
The surprise 1% reduction will result in a wider, more compliant corporate tax base, according to Ismail Momoniat
A new data release shows that employment may have reached pre-Covid-19 levels. Still, many who’ve lost their jobs have not managed to get back to work
A panel of experts appointed by the finance minister is looking for Tom Moyane’s replacement
Pravin Gordhan tells Zondo commission former president Jacob Zuma prolonged the appointment of a new Sars commissioner until after the May 2014 polls
A committee will look into allegations the EFF chief whip received payments from VBS which he failed to declare in Parliament
The treasury’s proposed changes paving the way for SOE banks come with strict conditions, but analysts point to already troubled institutions
Treasury would not have needed to increase value added tax if not for the revenue shortfall at Sars says deputy director general at treasury
The EFF leader told the crowd not to be apologetic when fighting for Africans, because they were the most oppressed
Moves to right the state capture ship have taken the wind out of its sails, so it wreaks havoc elsewhere
The EFF president has received reproval from a minority rights group for his comments claiming the majority of Indians are racist
EFF’s Floyd Shivambu has faced multiple rebukes for remarks he made about the Treasury’s deputy director-general during a committee meeting
‘When Shivambu attacked Momoniat, he invited scrutiny of not just his own knowledge of the way Parliament works but also of the EFF’s ideologies’
The EFF deputy president has said there was nothing wrong with critiquing the undermining of African leadership
Racist? Vitriolic? Decide for yourself
The ​National Treasury has accused the Economic Freedom Fighters of displaying a ‘gross misunderstanding of parliamentary processes’
ANC MP Yunus Carrim released a statement on behalf of the committee following public scrutiny and debate over Shivambu’s comments,
The Public Sector Network has questioned Shivambu’s attack on treasury’s deputy director general Ismail Momoniat on the basis that he is "not African"
This year’s Intergovernmental Fiscal Review is in key respects a good news story. It throws into relief the significant progress in budgeting, spending and financial management by our nine provinces, a vital agency of poverty alleviation, in the past four years.