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/ 6 September 2009
SA must continue with the stimulus package it has adopted as a response to the financial crisis, Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said on Sunday.
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/ 1 September 2009
The road to economic recovery will be ”slow and gradual” for South Africa, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.
South Africa will likely lag behind the economic recovery and increasing optimism in other countries, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday.
While pay demands and service delivery protests cripple South Africa, government leaders are still receiving luxurious perks.
Ministers’ lavish car allowances will be reconsidered as a part of a review of government spending, the minister in the presidency said on Thursday.
South Africans save very little and this is cause for concern, Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday.
African countries have taken a severe knock from the global economic crisis, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.
The government is still committed to halving unemployment and poverty by 2014, despite the global economic downturn, Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday.
South Africa will keep its policy of targeting inflation, which has helped to stabilise prices and encouraged economic growth.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday indicated government would not reduce spending because of the recession, but increase borrowings instead.
The brilliance of a politician can often be measured by timing. In Trevor Manuel’s case he has passed the ball to Gordhan at the right time for him.
SA will continue to pursue fiscal policies that have helped grow the economy, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has approved R3,5-billion for the recapitalisation of the Land Bank, the bank said on Wednesday.
South Africa, grappling with its first recession in 17 years, expects tax revenues to decline, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.
New Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tells Nic Dawes what activism might mean amid global recession.
The SA Reserve Bank is expected to continue its aggressive monetary easing, which should help bolster domestic demand, economists said on Friday.
South Africa’s economy will experience some months of tough times and will bottom out by late 2009, said Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
South Africa’s new finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, said on Wednesday that the country’s government must keep a tight rein on spending.
Inflation targeting will remain policy in South Africa but the government is prepared to discuss it, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday.
Months of speculation ended on Sunday when President Jacob Zuma appointed Trevor Manuel to head up the new planning commission, writes Mandy Rossouw.
Pravin Gordhan, head of South Africa’s tax authority, is the frontrunner to succeed Finance Minister Trevor Manuel if he is moved to another post.
Investors will be looking to the composition of SA’s new Cabinet as a clue to the future policy direction, financial services group Nomura says.
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/ 13 November 2008
The deadline for income tax returns has been moved to December 5, giving taxpayers more time to submit their returns, says the SA Revenue Service.
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/ 4 November 2008
The South African Revenue Service was out to destroy his life, super-rich businessman Dave King said on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2008
It is no accident that a meeting held to commemorate the life of Yunus Mahomed was attended by scores of luminaries from the African National Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF). Current and former Cabinet ministers paid tribute to their comrade, who died of a heart attack on January 6.
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/ 11 January 2008
Tax collectors from 39 countries around the world meeting in an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-sponsored conference on Friday agreed to support a further conference specifically on taxation in Africa. The conference will be hosted by the South African Revenue Service, and will take place in May this year.