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/ 20 October 2008
In trying to encourage South Africans to save, the Treasury has realised that it has unintentionally opened a loophole in the country’s tax laws.
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/ 14 October 2008
Eskom faces an huge funding hurdle not only because of the global financial meltdown, but also because its expansion spending has more than doubled.
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/ 10 October 2008
SA is "reasonably well insulated" from the global financial crisis despite expecting low export revenue, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says.
The world financial crisis hardens the case for SA sticking to its economic policies, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel was quoted as saying on Thursday.
By this time next year Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will most likely not be in office, writes Ferial Haffajee.
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/ 30 September 2008
SA’s finance minister said he expected more officials to resign in the aftermath of president Thabo Mbeki’s removal, but played down talk of a split.
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/ 30 September 2008
SA will keep its current policies to ensure sustained economic growth, despite a change in political leadership, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says.
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/ 30 September 2008
The financial sector faces a legal quandary, writes Maya Fisher-French.
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/ 26 September 2008
South Africa’s new president reappointed Trevor Manuel as Finance Minister on Thursday, reassuring investors worried about major policy change.
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/ 26 September 2008
Will the new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, come under pressure from Luthuli House to lean on the NPA not to appeal?
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/ 26 September 2008
Market reaction showed the value of the finance minister’s stock, writes Maya Fisher-French.
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/ 25 September 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe took office on Thursday as South Africa’s president and stressed he would keep to the policies of his predecessor Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 24 September 2008
The public should not panic about Cabinet resignations, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said in Mpumalanga on Tuesday.
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/ 23 September 2008
Six of the Cabinet ministers who quit on Tuesday are willing to serve again, it has emerged, while the deputy defence minister has also resigned.
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/ 23 September 2008
The resignation of Trevor Manuel — alongside 13 senior Cabinet ministers — has caused confusion and volatility in the country’s financial markets.
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/ 23 September 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.
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/ 23 September 2008
The resignations of President Thabo Mbeki and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel have shocked many, but some have welcomed the news.
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/ 15 September 2008
Cabinet is backing a radical new tax policy to combat climate change, writes Kevin Davie.
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/ 12 September 2008
The lives of many South Africans remain filled with despair nearly 15 years after the fall of apartheid, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said.
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/ 9 September 2008
Development is the only way to ensure peace, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has told the UN financing development summit in New York.
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/ 5 September 2008
Terry Crawford-Browne was on Friday found guilty of contempt of court over renewed claims that Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is corrupt.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Friday made a call for more direct links between educational institutions and industry.
Reforming tax administration is crucial to addressing poverty and achieving acceptable health services, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday high levels of indebtedness were a strain on the economy.
South African households had to scale down unsustainable levels of debt, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s mineral royalty revenues may decline in the long term as resources are depleted, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday.
The <i>Financial Mail</i> reported on Thursday that South Africa could switch to targeting CPI and not CPIX inflation.
With politicians harping on about human capital, it should come as no surprise that the SACP has put price tags on its most influential members.
On paper the new tax system looks promising, but you need to consider your options carefully.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday that there is a responsibility by all of those of his era to construct a deep democracy in SA.
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Monday the National Treasury was ”comfortable” with its 4% average growth forecast for 2008.
What did the Cabinet know about serious financial risks associated with the arms deal? And why does the public not have the same information?