PODCAST | Budget review: Is it going to be enough?
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Wayne Duvenage, CEO of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse to discuss the MTBPS
12 November 2021 - 14:24
by Mudiwa Gavaza
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Finance minister Enoch Godongwana speaks during his medium-term budget policy statement in the National Assembly on November 11 2021. Picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE
This week’s medium-term budget policy statement, presented by National Treasury, is the focus of this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.
Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Wayne Duvenage, CEO of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa).
On Thursday, finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his first medium-term budget, saying that state-owned companies need tough love and a decision on a basic income grant will be made in February.
Join the discussion:
We begin with reactions to the budget from analysts.
Jeff Schultz, senior economist at BNP Paribas SA, says the budget shows a prudent approach by the National Treasury, noting that “revenue estimates have been kept conservative and the commitment for disciplined non-interest expenditures has been maintained.”
Chantal Marx, investment research head at FNB Wealth and Investments, says the budget was more bond friendly than equity friendly. “Treasury is aware that this is a cyclical windfall, and it is encouraging from a bondholder perspective that the overrun is not viewed as a licence to spend,” she says.
Mudiwa Gavaza. Picture: DOROTHY KGOSI.
The discussion begins with Duvenage saying the budget was measured, with Godongwana striking a similar balance with his predecessor Tito Mboweni.
Duvenage says more could have been said and done about issues such as load-shedding, which is affecting all South Africans , and E-tolls. Outside those issues, he is encouraged by government’s plan to have greater integration and systems that work across its various departments. However, as with most well laid out plans in SA, the success of such a programme will depend on execution.
Topics of discussion include: reactions to minister Enoch Godongwana’s first medium-term budget; the tone struck by government and its plans to fix the economy; issues that could have been addressed; the health of state-owned enterprises; ways to fix the current spate of power outages at Eskom; and an outlook for next year’s budget.
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers.
Business Day Spotlight
PODCAST | Budget review: Is it going to be enough?
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Wayne Duvenage, CEO of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse to discuss the MTBPS
This week’s medium-term budget policy statement, presented by National Treasury, is the focus of this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.
Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Wayne Duvenage, CEO of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa).
On Thursday, finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his first medium-term budget, saying that state-owned companies need tough love and a decision on a basic income grant will be made in February.
Join the discussion:
We begin with reactions to the budget from analysts.
Jeff Schultz, senior economist at BNP Paribas SA, says the budget shows a prudent approach by the National Treasury, noting that “revenue estimates have been kept conservative and the commitment for disciplined non-interest expenditures has been maintained.”
Chantal Marx, investment research head at FNB Wealth and Investments, says the budget was more bond friendly than equity friendly. “Treasury is aware that this is a cyclical windfall, and it is encouraging from a bondholder perspective that the overrun is not viewed as a licence to spend,” she says.
The discussion begins with Duvenage saying the budget was measured, with Godongwana striking a similar balance with his predecessor Tito Mboweni.
Duvenage says more could have been said and done about issues such as load-shedding, which is affecting all South Africans , and E-tolls. Outside those issues, he is encouraged by government’s plan to have greater integration and systems that work across its various departments. However, as with most well laid out plans in SA, the success of such a programme will depend on execution.
Topics of discussion include: reactions to minister Enoch Godongwana’s first medium-term budget; the tone struck by government and its plans to fix the economy; issues that could have been addressed; the health of state-owned enterprises; ways to fix the current spate of power outages at Eskom; and an outlook for next year’s budget.
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