GOVERNMENT FUNDING Experts call for bigger early childhood development budget ahead of Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement 3 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 24-28 OCTOBER This week – Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, United Nations Day and talk on National Health Insurance Bill 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT Minister Godongwana will have to walk a financial tightrope on mini budget 4 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY OP-ED National Treasury must keep the budget ball rolling on public participation in fiscal policy 5 min 0 By Zukiswa Kota, Matshidiso Lencoasa, Gary Pienaar, Celeste Fortuin and Kailash Bhana
BUDGET2022 Godongwana delivers a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but no fireworks 5 min 1 By Sasha Planting
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET 2021 Parastatals get the push: Enoch Godongwana takes a tough stance on future SOE bailouts 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET 2021 Commodity boom improves South Africa’s near-term fiscal outlook 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
CHILD NUTRITION OP-ED Let the children grow: Fixing South Africa’s stunting problem could be part of your legacy, Minister Godongwana 3 min 0 By Ofentse Mboweni Ofentse Mboweni
ANALYSIS MTBPS: Parliament confirms new November date, saga highlights governance strains across the system 4 min 0 By Marianne Merten
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Reimagining health in the Eastern Cape: As budgets shrink, it is more important than ever to strengthen primary healthcare 5 min 0 By Ektaa Deochand, Russell Rensburg and Daniel McLaren
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Adding insult to injury: What the poor and working class think about Tito Mboweni’s mini budget 4 min 0 By Siya Mama and Khokhoma Motsi
BUSINESS MAVERICK Tito Mboweni and Pravin Gordhan defend R10.5-billion bailout for SAA 3 min 20 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK Mini budget acid test: business and markets will watch for privatisation signals and containment of debt 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement Tito Mboweni asks for a ‘mini budget’ delay – a worrying sign the economic line isn’t holding 4 min 2 By Marianne Merten
BUSINESS MAVERICK Begging bowl: Land Bank the latest state-owned entity to seek R10bn bailout from the state 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED Little tax room to manoeuvre as Covid-19 pandemic triggers bleaker contraction 5 min 0 By Tania Ajam, Dennis Davis, Deborah Tickle and Ingrid Woolard
PARLIAMENT The Week: Deputy President in the NCOP, debates and question time 4 min 0 By Parliamentary Monitoring Group
BUSINESS MAVERICK Mboweni’s amended strategy document on reforms kicks the Eskom debt question down the road 4 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka