Government spending on traditional leaders sparks controversy
Controversial R55 million spending: government’s support for traditional leaders sparks public debate and election speculation.
Controversial R55 million spending: government’s support for traditional leaders sparks public debate and election speculation.
The Sunday Times reports that government has spent millions of rands on the state-owned Cape Town houses of ministers of parliament.
Rapidly mounting red ink at the US Fed Reserve and many peers risks becoming more than just an accounting oddity.
There are four blatantly obvious changes South Africa needs to make, post-ANC, whenever that is; and Martin van Staden shares them here.
While much has been written about the need for structural reform in the economy, it is also useful to look at where the government can cut costs.
SA Treasury has worked its Budgeted figures on the assumption that the commodity price boom will be temporary, with SA’s primary export earners experiencing either growth or declines.
According to MyBroadband, Gauteng’s Department of Treasury has lost R6.8m because it paid Microsoft Ireland in US dollars instead of rands.
Dr Azar Jammine shares his opinion on whether Tito Mboweni has put together a budget that can push SA away from an economic crisis.
‘We must rebuild our economy.’ Read Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s full 2020 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Speech here.
National Treasury says that, to support the stabilisation of debt, significant spending reductions are required.