#BudgetSpeech2024: Tackling South Africa's economic challenges head-on

[Raymond Parsons] Finance Minister Godongwana's Budget Speech addresses South Africa's economic challenges, focusing on fiscal consolidation, debt management, and stimulating growth...

#Budget2023: Fresh billions in debt relief for Eskom announced

[Katja Hamilton] The Eskom debt relief, amounting to R254bn, requires a step change in public debt which will result in government debt stabilising at 73.6% of GDP in 2025/26...

#BudgetSpeech2022: Healthcare welcomes injection of funds

[Katja Hamilton] A post BudgetSpeech2022 analysis reflects a positive response from Provincial Governments on Treasury's promise of an injection of funds into the Health sector...

#BudgetSpeech2022: No tax increases this year, among other surprise announcements

[Katja Hamilton] Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivered some key surprise announcements at his 2022 Budget Speech...

#Budget2018: The good news is that the bad news is unlikely to get worse

[Danette Breitenbach] Despite growth picking up and a prediction that the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) forecast will be revised downwards by nearly R70bn, the country still faces some serious fiscal issues...

Will Big Business step up to the plate to push growth?

[Danette Breitenbach] The country's private sector doesn't usually flex its muscles when it comes to political matters, although it certainly showed its influence following the appointment of Des van Rooyen as finance minister...

Personal income tax hike predicted

[Danette Breitenbach] PwC predicts a 1% increase for all personal income tax brackets except the lowest...

Five budget speech highlights you may have missed

[Rob Cooper] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did an admirable job of balancing South Africa's books in his 2016 Budget, by providing a sound framework for the next year...

Budget 2016: A new direction needed

[Arthur Kamp] Looking towards the 2016 National Budget to be read by Minister Gordhan on 24 February, it seems a repeat of the 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement will not be sufficient...