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…
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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…
Investors shaken but not stirred by VAT shock
Godongwana’s bombshell of a whopping VAT hike stalled the budget, leaving investors stunned. Markets wobbled, but it could’ve been worse…
Jobs crisis: Call the private sector
SA’s job growth is stalling. Government can’t hire its way out – only the private sector can drive real change. But will its policies…
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…
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