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In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s…

The Nordic model holds some insight into how to close South Africa’s yawning income and wealth gap

The minister underlined that in the wake of efforts to grow the economy, the government must respect budget constraint

The fund, announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020, may have helped protect the fiscus from a long-term debt crisis

A cloak-and-dagger approach to macroeconomic policy could further hinder the state’s exercise in confidence-building

Head of treasury’s budget office Edgar Sishi said fiscal consolidation will have to be extended by at least another two years

Mining windfall helped SA’s financial position, but lower revenues and additional spending will delay the end of fiscal consolidation

A scheme that makes for a better health system will also buoy the economy, but it is hard to say whether the NHI will get us there

The government is walking a tightrope as civil servants embark on industrial action over pay