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Petro states: What happens when 30% of your national budget disappears in a decade?
As the demand for oil shrinks and prices collapse, Africa’s petro states — the likes of Angola, Nigeria, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea — will be left with massive holes in their…
Missing medicines and missing money: Why a bigger crisis looms in North West
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning
Unions, laboratory services to hold last-minute negotiations ahead of strike
Unions say they will not accept anything less than 7.3% wage increases.
New graduates, rural areas likely to pay the price for austerity measures
Some pharmacists will be doing their community service at private pharmacies amid a shortage of posts.
Gauteng Agriculture budget allocation for 2012/13
Vibrant, equitable and sustainable communities contributing towards food security, protected and enhanced environmental assets and natural resources.
Couples and money
Talking about money isn’t romantic, but it need not kill the romance in your relationship.
Budget ‘could be Manuel’s last’
The national budget for 2009/10 could be Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s toughest since 1996 and could also be his last, according to Colen Garrow.
Manuel seen resisting ‘election’ budget
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will probably stick to his conservative fiscal stance next week, ignoring demands for a populist budget.
German fiscal plan to cause record budget deficit
The costs of a new financial stimulus plan and a slumping economy will cause Germany’s budget deficit to hit a record in 2009, a top lawmaker said.
Manuel: We resisted an ‘electioneering’ budget
South Africa ”stoically” resisted presenting a budget to drum up votes ahead of an election due next year, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says.
Malawians may pay for politics
National budget becomes a political football in party squabble, putting vital foreign aid payments at risk.
East Africa budgets aim at growth but prices to weigh
East Africa’s expanding economies unveiled spending plans geared to more growth, but will probably be dampened by food and fuel price inflation.