The finance minister has vowed to tackle rampant corruption and municipal dysfunction
Mboweni has been applauded for his opening performance. But can he steal the show?
Officials say vacancies for senior officials, including directors general, won’t be filled
This policy statement highlights the difficult economic and fiscal choices confronting us over the medium term, the finance minister said
President Cyril Ramaphosa will be hoping that Mboweni’s stewardship of the listless economy will help the ANC rally support ahead of the 2019 polls
Much of the MTBPS was finalised before Mboweni’s appointment was announced following the resignation of his predecessor Nhlanhla Nene
The total amount is yet to tallied but could reach billions and could hit taxpayers in the pocket
Mboweni, a former reserve bank governor and labour minister, was sworn in as finance minister on Tuesday
The finance minister says ‘We need to change the conversation around spending’
The budget should placate ratings agencies, but analysts say we need solid political leadership and policy reforms to evade full-blown junk status
Whether measures announced by Gigaba will stave off a downgrade by the remaining credit rating agency remains to be seen.
The amount misspent by state-owned enterprises may almost match the R50-billion budget gap
In a research report responding to the medium term budget policy statement, the absence of fiscal consolidation was “credit negative”.
His mini-budget speech promised a lush harvest, but analysts say a famine of ideas and a drought of solid assurances failed to convince investors
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s budget speech had some unsettling moments that had nothing to do with the financial realities facing the country
State employees are still sitting pretty while the country reins in its spending on essential services
The mini-budget comes ahead of Standard and Poor’s credit rating review in December.
Public sector employees may be happy, but the wage hike won in June comes at a rotten time for the treasury.
Pravin Gordhan under pressure to send out the right message.
Health and social services got large allowances, but Gordhan also forked out for teaching wages.
Despite reassurances by the government, several important targets are unlikely to be met.
Gordhan straddles a tightrope of reducing the budget deficit while needing to spend on growth.
Finance Minister says the government policy is focused on increasing South-Africa’s long-term economic growth and reducing inequality.
The treasury has a hungry, and growing, army of public servants to feed.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan released his mid-term budget to great fanfare. But what does the fine print tell us?
South Africa’s debt will make up 48% of the gross domestic product in the medium term, a pace which one economist describes as "frightening".
During his medium-term budget policy speech Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan kept the rhetoric upbeat and SA’s purse strings tight, as expected.
Finance minister delivers medium-term budget policy statement.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tightened his belt, chided the country’s critics and delivered a no-nonsense medium-term budget policy statement.
The government wants more bang for its buck when it comes to provincial and local government infrastructure roll-out.
In response to developments in mining, the medium-term budget policy sets out imperatives to modernise the industry and amend labour relations.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan remains guarded about public works’s decision to use state funds for upgrades to President Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.