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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty Images
BUSINESS

Mid-term budget: Godongwana maintains line on austerity

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has doubled down on the government’s fiscal consolidation efforts by reducing spending from 28.6% of GDP in the 2023-24 financial year to 27.6%…

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana.(Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
2022 BUDGET

Treasury needs to be braver, but Godongwana’s neutral budget is a good start

The government has finally started to recognise the importance of SMMEs in job creation, the business bounce-back scheme being a case in point

  • Miguel da Silva
5 min read