All the latest news, views and analysis of finance minister Enoch Godongwana's budget address in Parliament
22 February 2023 - 14:25
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Budget 2023
All the latest news, views and analysis of finance minister Enoch Godongwana's budget address in Parliament
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NEWS
Treasury takes the wheel at Eskom
Package depends on privatising generation and investing in transmission
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Views and Analysis
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
HILARY JOFFE: Rising Eskom debt relief clouds economic picture
If not for the post-Covid commodities boom the budget would have looked much worse
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
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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