Budget 2022

Commodities boom does not deserve all the credit, says Kieswetter

Measures of financial health look far rosier and ordinary South Africans gain from tax windfall

The government has pledged to maintain fiscal discipline that will see it record a primary surplu a year earlier than ...

Minerals Council SA says commitment to reducing fiscal deficit bodes well for the discipline SA needs in managing its ...

Godongwana urges SA to proceed with caution

Finance minister says there will be no blanket approach to providing bailouts to the SOEs

Godongwana faced a difficult balancing act amid a range of spending pressures

Fiscal intervention needed, but the details of a plan are still being discussed, says Godongwana

Godongwana accused of skirting the issues of national debt, jobs and public-sector pay

Fractious social and industrial relations need to be resolved is SA is to get its economy back on track

The state’s step-by-step approach to National Health Insurance is evident in document supporting the budget

Godongwana uses 45% of medium-term revenue overshoot to cut public debt

Calm in markets a sign that traders were underwhelmed by Godongwana’s speech — which is perhaps a good thing

The National Treasury has faced enormous political and social pressure to open the taps

The budget is a major improvement on both the 2021 version and the 2021 medium-term budget policy statement