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FILE: Experts say with tax increases expected in April, consumers must be ready for a hike in the cost of living. Picture: EWN.

2015 budget speech

'South Africans must prepare for higher cost of living'

By Gia Nicolaides

Experts say with price hikes expected from next month, South Africans should brace themselves.

  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech held in Parliament on 25 February 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    Nene's approach to state-owned enterprises questioned

    Experts say the finance minister isn't serious enough about the financial crisis in state-owned enterprises.

    2247 days ago
  • Ranjeni Munusamy

    OPINION: Budget 2015: Nhlanhla Nene & the theory of everything

    Ranjeni Munusamy says Nhlanhla Nene’s maiden Budget Speech was anything but boring.

    2247 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech in Parliament on 25 February. Picture: GCIS.

    Govt set to gain R17bn from income taxes & fuel levies

    People earning more than R181,900 a year will now pay an extra one percent in personal income tax.

    2247 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene tables his budget, hold it's up in the air as he concludes his speech. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN.

    Ratings agencies to watch SA after Nene's budget

    The finance minister announced an increase in personal income tax rates in his first budget speech.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech held in the National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town on 25 February 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    Nene discusses Budget Speech with Talk Radio 702

    The Money Show spoke to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene about his first Budget Speech.

    2248 days ago
  • Then-Deputy Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene speaks at the Banking Association of SA's inaugural summit in Johannesburg, 7 September 2010. Picture: Sapa.

    Budget 2015: Tax hikes

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene announced a series of tax increases during his 2015 Budget Speech on 25 February.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech held in the National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town on 25 February 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    Budget 2015: Health Spending

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene announced that spending on health will reach R178 billion by 2017/2018.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene tables his budget, hold it's up in the air as he concludes his speech. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN.

    Budget 2015: Education Spending

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene speaks about government's spending on basic & higher education in his 2015 Budget Speech.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene flanked by SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane, Deputy Minister of Finance Mncebisi Jonas, and DG Lungile Fuzile after his first Budget Speech in Cape Town on 25 February 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    Nene throws Sars a lifeline

    Nhlanhla Nene has appointed a special committee to advise him on Sars' strategy and governance.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech in Cape Town on 25 February. Picture: GCIS.

    Mining and technology industries receive over R5bn

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene allocated more than a billion rand to promote investment.

    2248 days ago
  • FILE: A Gauteng gantry. Picture: EWN.

    E-toll tariffs set to drop

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene revealed that revised monthly ceilings would be soon be proposed.

    2248 days ago
  • EWN helps you understand the facts & figures which affect you the most.

    Budget 2015 in a nutshell

    Budget 2015 in a nutshell

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivered his 2015 Budget Speech in Cape Town on 25 February 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    Income taxes raised for the first time in 20 years

    The finance minister’s first budget speech painted a bleak picture of the state of the country's finances.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech held in the National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town on 25 February 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    Sin taxes: Drinkers and smokers set to cough up

    During his 2015 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene announced alcohol and cigarette prices would increase.

    2248 days ago
  • Picture: sxc.hu.

    Sin taxes: What you need to know

    Consumers can expect price increases on beer, wine, whisky and cigarettes.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene tables his budget, and holds it up as he concludes his speech. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN

    2015 Budget Speech: The highs and lows

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivered his first Budget Speech in Parliament on Wednesday.

    2248 days ago
  • Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. Picture: GCIS.

    Focus on national fiscus in Budget Speech

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is expected to announce additional tax measures.

    2248 days ago
  • FILE: An economist wants government spending to be curbed. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    'Nene must focus on slashing govt spending'

    An economist says govt spending on civil servant wages and salaries is too high.

    2248 days ago
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