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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…
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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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How health taxes can generate much-needed revenue for social protection…
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