PENSIONS
No joy for the money nerds
The big disappointment in the budget was the failure to raise limits on contributions to tax-free savings accounts
23 February 2023 - 08:20
Budget day. I’m a money nerd so this is exciting. As the 2pm start approaches I am refreshing the National Treasury website to download the speech while watching the TV and waiting for the broadcast to start. As the minister approaches the podium, poof. Everything goes dark — we’ve been load-shed. So I watch on my phone.
Truthfully, for savers and investors the budget speech was worth missing — it offered very little...
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