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Inside the social grant increases in Budget Speech 2021
The Finance Minister announced minor increases to social grants when he delivered his Budget Speech.
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FULL SPEECH: Tito Mboweni’s 2021 Budget
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his 2021 Budget Speech amid an economy ravaged by COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns.
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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.
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Saftu’s Andre Adams & another member arrested during march to Parliament
Saftu members are marching to Parliament on Wednesday ahead of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget speech at 2 pm.
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Civil society groups mobilising against social impact of Treasury budget cuts
This as many services, mainly at grassroots, suffer the consequences of allocation reductions in human settlements, health and transport among others.
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Saftu members to march today over SA’s economic challenges
Several small gatherings, in line with COVID-19 regulations, were expected to take place around the country to highlight challenges such as unemployment which now sits at 32.5%.
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Alcohol, tobacco, hospitality industries look to Mboweni to ease struggles
The alcohol industry recently reported that it lost R36.3 billion in sales revenue as a result of the three lockdown-related bans.
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Mboweni expected to detail COVID-19 vaccine compensation plan in Budget speech
During his budget speech on Wednesday afternoon, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is expected to detail govt plans to compensate those who suffer adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccination.
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Economists seeking evidence of fiscal consolidation, minimising debt in Budget
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will deliver a difficult budget in Parliament this afternoon against the backdrop of an economy battered by COVID-19 and lockdowns and a day after unemployment figures revealed a rising number of jobless.
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Tax hike would be detrimental for battling S. Africans, warn opposition parties
Opposition parties said that all indications were that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni would slap South Africans with a tax increase.
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High hopes Mboweni's Budget speech bolsters coffers of crime-fighting units
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is expected to deliver the 2021 Budget speech on Wednesday, with the hope that more money can be set aside for crime-fighting, including graft receiving special attention.
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Public wage bill a major issue for Mboweni, trade unions ahead of Budget speech
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has made no secret of his intention to slash the bill, which tripled between 2007 and 2019.
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Concerns over SA's fiscal cliff raised ahead of Mboweni's Budget speech
The fiscal cliff study group first warned of the danger several years ago. It defines the fiscal cliff as the point that is reached when public servants’ wages, social grant payments and debt-service costs soak up all government revenue.
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After COVID-19 budget cuts, education sector hopes for relief to resume projects
Infrastructure projects to ensure water supply and safe sanitation at schools had to be halted as government made tough decisions due to COVID-19.
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Debt, COVID-19 financial woes threaten to end dreams of thousands of students
Many students don't qualify for NSFAS funding and Universities South Africa's CEO Ahmed Bawa said there needed to be more assistance for the so-called missing middle.
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PAC rallies behind Saftu’s planned national strike on Wednesday
Saftu will embark on industrial action on Wednesday in response to a number of economic challenges facing the country.
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Saftu to go on strike next Wednesday, same day as Mboweni's Budget speech
The action, which involves mass stay away and protest in major cities, is over joblessness, poverty and corruption among other social issues.
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Ramaphosa: SA can no longer continue being a country that tolerates lawlessness
The African National Congress (ANC)’s national executive committee (NEC) lekgotla has called for maximum attention to be given to those who hijack projects across parts of the country and extort money from service providers.
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Fears of tax revolt as alcohol firms struggle with excise taxes due to booze ban
The liquor industry is calling on government to provide some relief when it comes to specific taxes this year.
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How the stresses and strains on SA’s economy played out in Parliament
Lawmakers had to consider, debate and approve not one, but three Budgets this year while operating under lockdown.
