Ten things to watch in the mini-budget Politics, markets and reform collide as Enoch Godongwana delivers the GNU’s first fiscal update. Currency highlights 10 things to watch in the mini-budget… Olwethu XabanisaVernon Wessels November 10, 2025 Economy & Markets
The budget that ended bailouts but forgot growth Six game-changing reforms went largely unnoticed in a budget overshadowed by politics – yet the same old fiscal burdens threaten to cancel them out… by Leon Louw June 4, 2025 Economy & Markets·Opinion
The trouble with Godongwana’s ‘growth’ budget Everyone wants a ‘growth budget’. But what does that actually look like? And is Budget 3.0 the answer?… by Tim Cohen May 23, 2025 Economy & Markets·Opinion
Growing pains … but Budget 3.0 is set to pass The market is taking heart Treasury won't be borrowing more, while higher fuel levies and more money for Sars will help plug the VAT… by Giulietta Talevi May 22, 2025 Economy & Markets
Godongwana’s third act: Another box office flop? Budget 3.0 lands without the VAT hike. But with weak growth, rising costs and party tension, it’s another instalment in search of a new… by Vernon Wessels May 16, 2025 Economy & Markets
Debt crisis: South Africa’s not there yet, but … Scrapping the VAT hike isn’t going to push South Africa into a debt crisis. But without real growth and spending cuts, we’re drifting closer… by Giulietta Talevi April 29, 2025 Economy & Markets
Can the GNU survive Enoch’s U-turn? The much-loathed VAT hike may be gone, but tensions in the government of national unity may yet torpedo the coalition… by Rob Rose April 25, 2025 Politics
The anatomy of a retreat: Why the ANC blinked on the VAT increase What precipitated the party’s climbdown on the VAT issue?… Tim CohenGiulietta Talevi April 25, 2025 Politics
ANC, claiming it is not ‘anti-business’, mulls ditching VAT hike Amid the furore over the budget, the ANC is now apparently looking for ways to scrap the VAT hike and find the money to… by Rob Rose April 14, 2025 Opinion·Politics
Clash of wills: Will the DA stay or will it go? The ANC and DA have begrudgingly agreed to further talks on the GNU. But tensions between the two parties are running high… by Rob Rose April 9, 2025 Politics
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