Tame inflation gives South Africans breathing room
South Africa’s consumers have more spending power thanks to low(ish) inflation and higher salary increases
No sugar rush for Enoch
The buzz from 2018’s sugar tax hasn’t worn off, though a relief pause on levy increases could yet change as Treasury scrambles for cash
Withdrawal syndrome
Having raked in billions from the two-pot withdrawal frenzy, Treasury is now thinking of enabling people to access their once-untouchable retirement pot
Hot mic or not, Kieswetter was right on taxes
What the VAT standoff has done is force a reckoning over the trade-offs needed to balance South Africa’s books
A R58bn hole that only tax can fill
With a R58bn gap to fill after his VAT hike was shot down by the GNU cabinet, Godongwana faces a tough task finding the
Budget interruptus: Mayhem as GNU rejects VAT hike
It was mayhem in parliament on Wednesday as the National Treasury’s budget was pulled – hours after being released to journalists and economists
VAT so!
Non-consensual tax is a no-no, finance minister Enoch Godongwana has learnt the hard way.
Fiscal anchor: Stability without shackles
We all need a budget limit, and so does the government – a fiscal anchor. But that doesn’t mean there’s no flexibility to respond
How rubber is Godongwana’s arm?
Enoch Godongwana will deliver his budget amid a flurry of demands from his own party for money at Transnet and elsewhere. How rubber will
The déjà vu deficit: Keeping South Africa on the budget tightrope
SA’s deficit – the gap between what we spend and what we get in – is likely to be ugly when Enoch Godongwana unveils