MTBP Speech 2023: The Executive Summary
The South African economy is forecast to grow at 0.8% in 2023, slightly slower than the 0.9% projected in the February Budget speech.
Mid-term budget
SA heading for fiscal cliff: Flags are going up, Don’t wait for a crisis urges Kevin Lings
Stanlib’s Chief Economist, Kevin Lings, warns that the upcoming mid-term budget won’t bring good news.
BizNews webinar with Tim Modise: Restrictive vs expansionary budget – what will save SA now?
Tim Modise is joined by Dr Pali Lehohla, Khandani Msibi and Phumlani Majozi to debate what kind of budget will fund SA’s economic recovery.
Will CR’s economic recovery plan fix SA?
Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni and team have asked for an extension to 28 October flesh out detailed plans to execute the strategy to fix SA.
Lessons for SA’s tax policy from the UK Budget – as you sow, shall you reap
Top British earners were looked after via a 5% increase in the personal tax allowance and an 8% rise in the top tax threshold. In SA, the trend has been in the opposite direction.
Tito Mboweni’s full mini-budget speech: ‘SA is at a crossroads’
New Finance Minister Tito Mboweni may just be the guy to get his government out of the mess it created for itself. The age of Zuma is officially over.
Easily bamboozled Gigaba is easy meat for transfer pricing felons
Global companies have been feeling the heat over transfer pricing, a practice where accountants shift profits across borders to reduce tax.
WATCH Mini Budget speech live: Key issues to look out for. Can Pravin handbrake ‘junk’?
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will deliver one of South Africa’s most watched mini-budgets today. And as Mike Cohen says, the heat is on. Watch it live right here.
Mini budget: No policy shift toward privatisation on the table
Government will proceed with the sale of non-core assets, but this should not be read as a shift in policy towards privatisation, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Wednesday.
Mini budget: Higher learning to be boosted
Spending on post school education and training will grow faster than any other government programme over the next three years, says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.