2021 budget speech
SA's fiscal cliff remains a clear and present danger - experts
Dr Fanie Joubert said the Fiscal Cliff Study Group had been tracking the figures since 2007 when the civil service wage bill, social grant payments, and...
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Informal traders want govt promises of support to township business realised
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced the multi-billion rand investment to help hundreds of small businesses in townships and rural areas.
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Cosatu: Mboweni failed to acknowledge govt debt to workers in Budget Speech
The trade union federation told journalists at a media briefing on Thursday following its three-day meeting that the ongoing public sector wage dispute is a binding contract that cannot simply be wished away.
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Our protest won't change the budget but it's the start of a fight back - Saftu protester
Saftu members marched to Parliament on Wednesday ahead of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget speech to protest against inequality and other socio-economic issues. #Saftu #Budget2021
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Alcohol, tobacco industries 'shocked' as prices hiked on booze, cigarettes
During his 2021 Budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that drinkers and smokers will be paying 8% more.
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Cosatu slates Mboweni budget as ‘disconnected from reality' and 'pro business'
Cosatu has criticised what it called Treasury’s failure to speed up economic development in order to create jobs, focus on supporting rural and township economies, and access to services.
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Sars' Kieswetter not concerned by Treasury not adding new tax collection streams
Commissioner Kieswetter said that despite there not being substantive tax hikes, there was still wiggle room to improve the efficiency of collection.
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Mogajane: Govt wants to avoid public servant salary cuts at all costs
National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane said that the economy had to grow and freezing public servants' wages was not enough.
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Sin tax hikes in the interest of health, explains Mboweni
The increase in excise duties on cigarettes and alcohol was fairly predictable, with Minister Tito Mboweni explaining their decision as one not only motivated by raising, but also in the interest of health.
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Govt to pull together all resources to pay for vaccine roll-out - Mboweni
Treasury has stressed the importance of a smooth vaccine roll-out, with no stops and starts to break the cycle of a surge in infections and lockdowns to curb them.
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Mboweni's budget dishonest, unaspiring, say opposition parties
The Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Geordin Hill-Lewis said that it was concerning that Mboweni did not mention what would happen to state-owned entities such as South African Airways (SAA).
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Mboweni walks the talk on pledge to halt bailouts to troubled SOEs
While South African Airways (SAA) will this year get R4.3 billion and Eskom more than R31 billion, this was money that was allocated in previous budgets and cannot be classified as new bailouts.
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Finish by D-day: Mboweni makes it clear Zondo Inquiry won’t get more money
He was speaking at a briefing after delivering his Budget speech on Wednesday afternoon.
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Fuel, tobacco and alcohol - Here’s how much more you'll be spending
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his much-anticipated hybrid Budget Speech on 24 February 2021, during which he outlined how citizens would be paying more for certain items.
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R10bn for vaccines & no tax hikes - Mboweni delivers 2021 Budget Speech
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his much-anticipated hybrid Budget speech on 24 February 2021 in Parliament where he assured South Africans that there would be no tax increases.
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Govt allocates over half of R2 trillion spending budget to social services
Culture and learning remain the largest spending area at R402.9 billion with the bulk of that allocation earmarked for salaries.
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Mboweni on taxes: We'll have the largest shortfall ever, but we have a plan
While we will have the highest tax shortfall ever on record - mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic - government has a few plans to ensure it acquires as much income as possible.
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Mboweni announces R30 boost for old age, childcare grants
Tito Mboweni delivered his Budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday.
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LIVE BLOG: R6.3 billion to extend R350 grant to April 2021
Almost one year after the first coronavirus case was recorded in South Africa, followed by a hard lockdown which destabilised the economy, Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the 2021 Budget Speech.
