Medium term budget policy statement
Mboweni seeks to delay tabling MTBPS by a week
In his correspondence to the Speaker, Finance Minister Mboweni highlights the recent complex decisions taken by Cabinet in respect of the 2020/21 adjusted...
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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to table MTBPS on 21 October
Tito Mboweni is expected to use the occasion to chart a way forward for the country’s economic recovery.
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Ramaphosa's R360bn investment pledges seen as good for his political capital
However, independent political analyst Dale McKinley has cast doubt on whether the investment commitments would lead to job creation and other remedies needed to revive the struggling economy.
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Call for taxes to be lowered, rather than increased for economy's sake
Saica is making submissions in Parliament during public hearings on the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement unveiled last week by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.
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State spending cuts, higher taxes doing more harm than good, Parly told
The coalition, an alliance of about 20 civil society organisations was among labour, economists and lobby groups who gave feedback on the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement at Parliament on Wednesday.
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Cosatu irritated by Treasury's attacks on public servants' right to living wage
The trades union federation is among a string of organisations, lobby groups and economists making submissions on the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement at Parliament.
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ANALYSIS: Mid-term Budget underscores bad state of SA economy
A major concern is that the government’s resolve is strongest on policies that are actually quite suspect.
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Mboweni urges Eskom to get it together before another bailout
Mboweni said it’s time for state-owned companies to be weaned off state coffers, and that the government cannot continue to throw money at Eskom.
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CARTOON: Tightrope Tito
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Opposition parties not impressed with Mboweni’s MTBPS
MPs from various parties in the National Assembly on Wednesday reacted adversely to news of alarmingly rising debt levels, lower-than-forecast growth and a shortfall in tax collections.
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Mboweni issues warning on rising national debt
The Finance Minister says that the persistent gap between revenue and expenditure would push the debt to GDP ratio even higher over the next ten years.
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Mboweni: SA economy forecast to grow at 0.5% this year
While delivering the MTBPS, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said that urgent economic reforms were necessary.
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READ: The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday afternoon.
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Mboweni: E-tolls are here to stay, pay your bills
Tito Mboweni announced that government had decided to retain the user pay principle remains with regards to e-tolls
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Mboweni: Public sector wage bill must be slashed
Government spends over R500 billion on the wage bill which has more than tripled between 2006 and 2019.
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WATCH: Mboweni's full MTBPS
The Finance Minister delivered the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
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Mboweni urged to consider workers, taxpayers ahead of MTBPS
The MTBPS gives key government priorities and proposed divisions of revenue and other budget allocations.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Pressure on Mboweni to shape economic message for SA
South Africa talks far too much and does far too little. The time for endless discussion on economic policy must surely be over, writes Judith February.
