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Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)

Mini budget - Some SOE bailouts, R350 grant extension as numbers signal improved debt and better 2023 outlook

Politics

Mini budget - Some SOE bailouts, R350 grant extension as numbers signal improved debt and better 2023 outlook

By Marianne Merten

Godongwana has to juggle SOEs, social grants and public sector wages in a tight socioeconomic and political situation

Politics

Godongwana has to juggle SOEs, social grants and public sector wages in a tight socioeconomic and political situation

By Marianne Merten

After an acrimonious, pressure-cooker election, Covid-19 lockdown year – 2021, it’s a wrap

South Africa

After an acrimonious, pressure-cooker election, Covid-19 lockdown year – 2021, it’s a wrap

By Marianne Merten

Cutting South Africa’s debt burden down to size: Finance Minister Godongwana holds predecessor’s course

South Africa

Cutting South Africa’s debt burden down to size: Finance Minister Godongwana holds predecessor’s course

By Marianne Merten

Finance Minister Godongwana holds the line, says priority is getting South Africa’s financial house in order

Business Maverick

Finance Minister Godongwana holds the line, says priority is getting South Africa’s financial house in order

By Marianne Merten

Mboweni claims winter is over — but the political games definitely are not

Business Maverick

Mboweni claims winter is over — but the political games definitely are not

By Marianne Merten

The bare cupboard and the hard work – and political decisions – now needed to fill up South Africa’s larder

South Africa

The bare cupboard and the hard work – and political decisions – now needed to fill up South Africa’s larder

By Marianne Merten

MPs give Eskom and Mboweni free hand in R59-bn Special Appropriation Bill bailout

South Africa

MPs give Eskom and Mboweni free hand in R59-bn Special Appropriation Bill bailout

By Marianne Merten

Quality of oversight suffers as recesses slash parliamentary calendar

South Africa

Quality of oversight suffers as recesses slash parliamentary calendar

By Marianne Merten

SAA gets its billions – and departments their extra funding – as Parliament ticks off another item on its long to-do list

South Africa

SAA gets its billions – and departments their extra funding – as Parliament ticks off another item on its long to-do list

By Marianne Merten

And here is the (British) news of a South African fuel price drop, and other matters economic

South Africa

And here is the (British) news of a South African fuel price drop, and other matters economic

By Marianne Merten

SARS – R20bn VAT refund backlog wipes out revenue expected from the VAT hike

South Africa

SARS – R20bn VAT refund backlog wipes out revenue expected from the VAT hike

By Marianne Merten