South African money notes and coins. ActionSA says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) should focus on measures that will boost economic growth and reduce unemployment. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is scheduled to table the 2025 mid-term budget in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. He will provide an update on the country’s economic performance. ActionSA MP Alan…
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will table his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement for 2025 later today. It comes during a period of uncertainty and scepticism among many South Africans. Some people say that the National Treasury’s budget allocation is not geared towards uplifting the economy. Many feel the public purse remains…
Former Ekurhuleni Employee Relations Director, Xolani Nciza testifying at the Madlanga Commission Former Ekurhuleni Employee Relations Director Xolani Nciza says that the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Police Department (EMPD)’s HR HOD, Linda Gxasheka was reluctant to initiate suspension proceedings against EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi. This was over allegations that he fitted state blue lights…
File image: A shopper walks past a Vodacom shop in Johannesburg. South African cellular giant, Vodacom, has reached an agreement with South African-born Elon Musk’s, Starlink, to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband internet to millions of businesses and households across Africa. The two entities will also expand rural network coverage. According to Vodacom, integrating Starlink’s satellite…
FILE | Empty classroom. The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (Isasa) has urged the government not to continue with the proposed tax law amendments in their current form. This comes as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to deliver his Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday. The National Treasury is proposing Value-Added Tax (VAT)…
Minister of Finance Mr Enoch Godongwana Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to steer away from major tax changes when he presents the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement outlines government priorities, economic forecasts, and updated spending and revenue projections for the next three…
FILE | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Political parties in Parliament have expressed their wish lists, as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)on Wednesday. They are calling for stricter fiscal discipline and reform to restore confidence, as well as a budget that puts the needs of ordinary South Africans…
The late Ikwekwezi fm news anchor and bulletin writer Mr Themba Sindane Ikwekwezi FM isiNdebele news anchor and bulletin writer Themba Sindane’s memorial service will be held at the SABC’s M1 studios in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, on Thursday at midday. Sindane died in hospital in Pretoria on Saturday at the age of 46, following…
Bullets seen at the crime scene. Police have launched a manhunt for suspects after three bodies were found inside a vehicle in Lentegeur in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats on Wednesday morning. The bodies, which are of two men and a woman, all in their twenties, have gunshot wounds. The killings are suspected to…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile speaks in the National Assembly. Deputy President Paul Mashatile has assured South Africans that the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) that will be tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday will go smoothly. Mashatile was responding to oral questions in the National Assembly. Earlier this year, the adoption of the…
