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  • Several private sector frontline workers will also receive their vaccinations at Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals this weekend. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    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.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    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).

    485 days ago
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    Tito Mboweni's 2021 Budget at a glance

    Eyewitness News unpacked the highlights of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's 2021 Budget Speech.

    485 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is seen during a session of the commission of inquiry into state capture in Johannesburg on 16 November 2020. Picture: AFP

    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.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and his team arriving at Parliament, in Cape Town, to deliver his  Budget speech on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Tito Mboweni on SA economy: There are reasons to be hopeful

    Delivering his 2021 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said the country was not without hope and one of the reasons was a much-improved economic outlook.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    485 days ago
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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.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    485 days ago
  • The elderly practice social distancing while waiting to collect their Sassa grants from Diepsloot mall. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Mboweni announces R30 boost for old age, childcare grants

    Tito Mboweni delivered his Budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday.

    485 days ago
  • 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.

    485 days ago
  • Members of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) took to the streets of Cape Town on 24 February 2021, to voice their anger at a number of economic challenges the country faces. Picture: Zukile Daniel/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    485 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement for 2019 in Parliament on 30 October 2019. Picture: Department of Treasury

    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.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Members of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) are heading into the streets on Wednesday morning, to voice their anger at a number of economic challenges the country faced. Picture: Eyewitness News

    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%.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS

    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.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: A vaccinator recording the details of a vaccine set to be given to a healthcare worker at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria on 17 February 2021. Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    486 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Picture: GCIS

    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.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers 2020 Budget Speech in Parliament, Cape Town, on 26 February 2020. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal. Picture: EWN

    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.

    487 days ago
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