Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says government will stabilise debt at about 48% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is in line with its fiscal consolidation commitment.
Cape Town – National Treasury has announced that government is currently testing the idea of offering voluntary severance packages to civil servants as a push is made to contain the wage bill.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a number of spending areas that are aimed at boosting economic activity and growth across different sectors of the economy.
Cape Town – As Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tabled what appeared to be a pro-poor budget, he has announced that relief will be given to the affordable housing market.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says social grants will be increased by up to R90 as government provides a safety security net for the poor.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced an increase in sin taxes for consumers of alcohol and tobacco.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has proposed a new personal income tax bracket for those earning salaries of above R1.5 million.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says a provision of R5 billion has been set aside to fund the higher education and training sector in 2019/20.
Cape Town – National Treasury says the idea of a graduate tax incentive is unlikely to raise enough monies to fund higher education.
Pretoria - Government says it will study the judgment delivered by the North Gauteng High Court today, which ruled that the executive never had the power to terminate existing inte
Pretoria - The SA Post Office (Sapo) has requested customers, who normally use its Duduza branch, to use the Bluegum View branch after the Duduza branch was damaged by fire as a result of community protests.
An estimated 6.6 million South Africans diligently rise each day to go to work. Yet however hard they work, they only have enough to live from one day to the next. Their efforts are never enough to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty they are in.
Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will today deliver the 2017 Budget amid slow growth and high unemployment.
Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Themba Mthembu has assured farmers and the people of that province that the department is in control of the Fall Army Worm.
Pretoria – Life will soon be much easier for visually impaired community radio presenter Siyabonga Mlotshwa, of Nqubeko FM, in Ladysmith.
