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Treasury takes the wheel at Eskom

Package depends on privatising generation and investing in transmission

By Hilary Joffe and Linda Ensor

Roses and brickbats for budget speech

While some lauded it for providing relief over the electricity crisis and the rising cost of living, others cautioned ...

By Michelle Gumede

WATCH: Post budget analysis with academics and industry leaders

Business Day TV speaks to Colin Coleman, Lumkile Mondi, Peter Attard Montalto and Nthabiseng Moleko

School budgets squeezed as tertiary education students are shielded from ...

Consolidated government expenditure on basic education rises from a revised estimate of R302bn in 2022/2023 to R309bn ...

Tamar Kahn
Health & Science Correspondent

Godongwana warns unbudgeted wage settlement ‘major risk to fiscus’

The minister says wage negotiations need to strike a balance between fair pay, fiscal sustainability and the need for ...

Thuletho Zwane
Economics Correspondent

Views and Analysis

Opinion Editor's Choice

PETER BRUCE: A budget surplus could just allow Ramaphosa to gloss over ...

With load-shedding set to stay, a surplus would allow Ramaphosa to put his hand in the state’s pocket

Peter Bruce
Editor-at-large & columnist
Opinion Editor's Choice

HILARY JOFFE: Rising Eskom debt relief clouds economic picture

If not for the post-Covid commodities boom the budget would have looked much worse

Hilary Joffe
Columnist

KHAYA SITHOLE: ANC may take one last gamble and yield to the unions

ANC’s self-immolation means it could still lose an election regardless of relationship with organised labour

Khaya Sithole
Columnist

André de Ruyter to leave Eskom with immediate effect

Sudden exit follows explosive interview in which he implicates an ANC MP in corruption at Eskom

Natasha Marrian
Financial Mail deputy editor & columnist

Eskom dollar bonds rally on Godongwana’s debt relief plan

Futuregrowth’s head of credit, Olga Constantatos, says government’s play to relieve Eskom of R254bn of its R423bn debt ...

By Garth Theunissen

BUDGET IN A NUTSHELL: Debt relief for Eskom, but with conditions

The debt relief is to be used to restructure the utility and ensure it can make the necessary investments to lessen the ...

By Linda Ensor

BUDGET EDITORIAL: What is, and what should have been

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has done well, effectively pulling a rabbit out of a hat

Godongwana tells SA to prepare for greylisting

Perhaps the clearest sign that SA will be grey-listed is that government has already asked FATF to reassess SA’s ...

By Garth Theunissen

WATCH: Government’s vision for the next fiscal year with Enoch Godongwana

Business Day TV talks to the finance minister  after he delivered the Budget Review

WATCH: How the 2023 Budget Review could affect your pocket

Business Day TV talks to Tony Davey, chartered tax adviser and advocate at Tony Davey & Associates, and Phillip ...

DION GEORGE: Political will is required for budget to address myriad ...

A laser-sharp and unyielding focus on growing the economy, securing a reliable energy supply and reducing the cost of ...

By Dion George

WATCH: Experts decode tax implications of budget speech

Business Day TV talks to Khanyisa Cingo-Ngandu, Osman Mollagee, judge Dennis Davis and Pieter Faber

WATCH: Post budget analysis with academics and industry leaders

Business Day TV speaks to Colin Coleman, Lumkile Mondi, Peter Attard Montalto and Nthabiseng Moleko

CARTOON: Can-do budget?

Wednesday, February 22 2023

By Brandan Reynolds
Opinion Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL: A credible budget and clarity on Eskom debt is needed

Eskom's debt will dominate, but there is much else for Gondongwana to talk about

ROSS HARVEY: Godongwana’s budget must speak to reality, not fantasy

Eskom’s rolling blackouts and heavily indebted state place SA’s economy and finance minister under considerable strain ...

By Ross Harvey
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