The new basic education minister said she would not implement new policies or programmes without evidence of their value
Additional funds have been allocated to pay teachers, doctors, nurses and police officers but productivity is not always commensurate with salaries
Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will present the 2024 Budget Speech at the Cape Town City Hall
The budget is expected to lay out plans to raise R15bn in revenue, amid a commodity-induced slump
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 ultra-high unemployment rate and austerity
Government spending on higher education has ballooned, but allocation is key
Political parties and NGOs will be taking Nersa and Eskom to court for granting the utility an 18.65% tariff hike
The finance minister’s reduction in corporate income tax and allocations to education, health, social development, justice and police have been welcomed
The finance minister made a smallish exception for Denel in terms of funding but warned that the government wants to push ahead with plans to consolidate SOEs that no longer served a function
The Finance Minister delivers his maiden budget speech.
The private sector, experts say, cannot alone be entrusted with the important task of stopping South Africa’s unemployment tailspin
A basic income grant requires higher taxes. But the government will struggle to convince taxpayers to give it more when they see little in return
Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura
Government spending has reached a record 41.7% of GDP, and the budget deficit has widened from 5.7% in 2019 to an estimated 14%
Read the finance minister’s address on the budget for 2021
DA leader John Steenhuisen has called for Ramaphosa to throw out what he termed an ‘outdated 20th century ideology of state control’
The finance minister has found money for the Covid crisis, but the cupboard is bare and he warns that a fiscal crisis is possible in 2024
The fiscus loses millions each day because of illicit trade. Sars can’t tackle this problem alone: it is up to all citizens to play their part
South Africa was well-placed for the 2008 crisis. But R3.18-trillion debt and low growth hamper its ability to limit the economic effects of Covid-19
President warns of tougher economic times ahead as the world’s leaders plan for a global economic slowdown
See how much each department has been given as their slice of the pie by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni
Despite the government’s announcement of a R30-billion sovereign wealth fund, analysts are questioning its utility in a time of increasing debt
Political parties want more details on SOE bailouts, wage cutbacks
Finance minister warns “we cannot have all things we want at the same time” and tables cuts in things like the public wage bill in a R1.84 trillion budget
Finance minister warns that government’s increased debt could mean ratings agencies downgrade the country’s credit worthiness to junk
Here is the finance minister’s address on the 2020 budget
The budget is usually scheduled for the second-last Wednesday in February, and the ratings agencies deliver their decisions after assessing the country’s plans for the fiscal year ahead
Watch: The finance minister delivers the budget less than two weeks after the president’s state of the nation address
The former PIC chief muses over PIC debt-for-equity, privatisation and selling off power stations
The ratings agency is scheduled to announce its decision on a possible downgrade of SA credit worthiness on March 27
The finance minister must tread a tightrope to fix the economy as he prepares for next week’s budget speech
The union federation says urgent, bold action is needed to keep the state-owned utility (and South Africa) going