The last-minute decision to postpone the tabling of the 2025 budget reflects deep cracks in the budget process ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana faces mounting pressure from GNU partners as they debate budget cuts and a controversial ...

The very source of leaders' anxiety could be their greatest ally. While most try to escape uncertainty, successful leaders ...

The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its ...

GOOD notes the proposed plan to extend the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) to end March 2026, with a budget allocation of R35.2 billion. There also seems to be a continued commitment to use ...

The recent postponement of South Africa’s national budget speech marks a defining moment in the country’s financial and governance framework. This delay, the first under the Government of National ...

Gayton McKenzie gives behind-the-scenes insights into the stance of political parties on VAT and the postponement of the Budget speech.

The reason for the abrupt cancellation was the failure of the minister to get cabinet approval for the proposal to raise ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said earlier in the day that he was braced for political and civil backlash. In the wake of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) victory dance after the budget speech was ...

Petrol and diesel prices in South Africa have swung in a much more positive direction—with some cuts on the cards for March.

Plan for private help for Eskom: Eskom must expand its transmission lines by 14,000 km by 2033. Progress has been slow, and involving private companies could accelerate the expansion. A recent Budget ...

The unions say the proposed 2% VAT increase will hurt struggling workers, making basic goods more expensive while wages fail ...