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Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

The good, the bad and the growth dilemma – we can bolster well-being and reduce the cost of debt

CASE FOR STATE SPENDING OP-ED

The good, the bad and the growth dilemma – we can bolster well-being and reduce the cost of debt

By Liso Mdutyana, Zimbali Mncube, Kristal Duncan-Williams and Clotilde Angelucci

Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement likely to present a gloomy fiscal outlook

MTBPS

Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement likely to present a gloomy fiscal outlook

By Neesa Moodley and Ed Stoddard

More austerity is the wrong medicine for our public health crisis

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

More austerity is the wrong medicine for our public health crisis

By Matshidiso Lencoasa and Dominic Brown for Spotlight

Cutting employment programmes now will bring disaster and despair to South Africa

WORK CUT OUT OP-ED

Cutting employment programmes now will bring disaster and despair to South Africa

By Zak Essa

After the Bell: The rational necessity to occasionally panic about the state of the economy

BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: The rational necessity to occasionally panic about the state of the economy

By Unknown Author

ANC, alliance partners push back on Treasury’s cost cuts ahead of 2024 elections

POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY

ANC, alliance partners push back on Treasury’s cost cuts ahead of 2024 elections

By Queenin Masuabi

Upcoming mini budget set to spell trouble for crucial service delivery programmes

GOVERNMENT SPENDING CUTS

Upcoming mini budget set to spell trouble for crucial service delivery programmes

By Ray Mahlaka

DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS

SA’s delivery of crucial services under threat after Treasury desperately calls for public 'fiscal consolidation’

By Caryn Dolley, Msindisi Fengu, Mark Heywood and Ray Mahlaka

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

SA’s debt redemption profile ‘will set the tone for policy’ - economist

By Ed Stoddard

Huge gap between Treasury’s priorities and needs of South Africans must be closed

MTBPS OP-ED

Huge gap between Treasury’s priorities and needs of South Africans must be closed

By Vuyisiwe Mahafu and Zimbali Mncube

Be outraged – there are alternatives to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

MTBPS OP-ED

Be outraged – there are alternatives to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

By Thokozile Madonko

How to start improving SA’s public healthcare delivery after a directionless mini budget

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

How to start improving SA’s public healthcare delivery after a directionless mini budget

By Russell Rensburg

How to mini-budget like a boss

AFTER THE BELL

How to mini-budget like a boss

By Unknown Author

Silence on Eskom and other SOEs highlights politically difficult MTBPS – and other trade-offs

ANALYSIS

Silence on Eskom and other SOEs highlights politically difficult MTBPS – and other trade-offs

By Marianne Merten

Mini budget - Godongwana goes against ‘tough love’ approach to SOEs by giving them more taxpayer bailouts

MTBPS

Mini budget - Godongwana goes against ‘tough love’ approach to SOEs by giving them more taxpayer bailouts

By Ray Mahlaka

Mini budget - The government plans to take over a portion of Eskom’s debt to ease the burden

MTBPS

Mini budget - The government plans to take over a portion of Eskom’s debt to ease the burden

By Ray Mahlaka

Mini budget – Prisons are a ‘college for criminals’, say activists in call to redirect funds

MTBPS

Mini budget – Prisons are a ‘college for criminals’, say activists in call to redirect funds

By Velani Ludidi

Mini budget highlights – the MTBPS in a box

Business Maverick

Mini budget highlights – the MTBPS in a box

By Ed Stoddard

SA needs a bold, visionary mini budget and an end to austerity policymaking

MTBPS PRIORITIES OP-ED

SA needs a bold, visionary mini budget and an end to austerity policymaking

By Thokozile Madonko

Hopes persist Godongwana will make a case for a human rights-based Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

MAVERICK CITIZEN EDITORIAL

Hopes persist Godongwana will make a case for a human rights-based Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

By Zukiswa Pikoli

FIXING THE ECONOMY OP-ED

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement needs to break with our recent and current failed national fiscal strategy

By Zimbali Mncube and Vuyisiwe Mahafu