MAVERICK CITIZEN Civil society organisations condemn Mboweni’s ‘sugar-coated’ austerity Budget 2021 4 min 0 By Mark Heywood
MAVERICK CITIZEN #BUDGET2021 RESPONSES A deafening silence on gender-based violence and femicide 4 min 0 By Sam Waterhouse
SPOTLIGHT: OP-ED Mboweni didn’t deliver on a 20% health promotion levy. Here’s why that is anti-poor 4 min 1 By Lawrence Mbalati
#BUDGET2021 ANALYSIS Mboweni’s ‘sun behind the clouds’ shrouds a precarious balancing act premised on politically tricky assumptions 4 min 7 By Marianne Merten
Business Maverick Budget: Rand and bonds rally as local debt issuance cut – reaction from economists broadly positive 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
Business Maverick Mboweni’s hard stance on a wage freeze for public servants starts to pay off 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
BUDGET 2021 On the razor’s edge: Fiscal balancing act hinges on civil servants’ wage bill 5 min 1 By Marianne Merten
BUSINESS MAVERICK Tourism industry wants to be prioritised in Phase Two Covid-19 vaccination drive 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 Number crunching: What Tito’s Budget has in store for us 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS MAVERICK Irba CEO resigns: Governance saga at South Africa’s auditing watchdog reaches boiling point 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK SA Breweries takes to Twitter in its tip for Tito: Please tax beer responsibly 3 min 8 By Ed Stoddard
OP-ED Our hollowed-out state has been stripped of the capacity to keep its promises on Budget and Sona 5 min 2 By Azwimpheleli Langalanga
BUSINESS MAVERICK Trade unions face two hurdles after escalating public wage dispute with the state to South Africa’s top court 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
Poverty crisis Social Development proposes extension of Covid-19 social relief of distress grant, but Treasury stands in the way 3 min 0 By Mark Heywood
BUSINESS MAVERICK Mboweni sacks entire Irba board, throwing the audit watchdog into another governance crisis 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK Treasury gets tough on Land Bank, intensifying the SOE’s risk of financial collapse 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
Business Maverick Vaccine tax hike underscores Treasury’s limited options – sin taxes should be on the table 3 min 13 By Ed Stoddard
