If the government is serious about nurturing its relationship with the private sector, it’s time to get past the sentimental promises

Despite antagonism towards the wealthy from many in the ANC, Tito Mboweni was able to avoid alienating the people who pay SA’s bills

If SA is to make any inroads on its unemployment crisis, its policy needs to match the government’s grandiose pronouncements

News headlines scream about the seriousness of SA’s economic situation. But the country’s political leaders seem to have their heads in the sand

Due to huge maladministration and corruption, state-owned enterprises are sucking the life out of the economy

General scepticism greeted the notion of a sovereign wealth fund, given SA’s straitened condition

The state ‘reprioritises’ R500m for land claims — a dramatic fall from the R18.4bn set aside last year

The announcement of a panel of experts to review auditing practices ‘is an opportunity to relaunch the profession’

Organised labour is highly disappointed at the budget’s silence on any employment stimulus package

Mboweni went boldly where others have feared to tread: slashing public sector wages, risking the ire of unions

The Treasury is not bothering to waste much money on the National Health Insurance ‘vanity project’

Big changes are on the cards for provident funds, as the government pushes for annuitisation

Surprise relief for taxpayers in the form of above-inflation adjustments to the tax brackets

Most home buyers will save on transfer duties, but more ‘aggressive measures’ are needed to lift the housing market

Many expected the Treasury to raise taxes. Instead, it took a gamble that to get growth, it had to cut them instead

But government will scrutinise tax deductibility of interest to combat base erosion