Advocacy group Black Sash has criticized Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2025 Budget Speech for proposing a VAT increase ...

South Africans were eagerly awaiting Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2025 Budget Speech, hoping for measures to ease financial pressure. However, the budget presents a mixed bag—while it seeks to ...

EFF statement on the 2025 Budget speech by the Minister of Finance. 12. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) firmly rejects with contempt the right-wing neoliberal 2025 ...

SA's budget can only afford to employ 800 of 1 800 unemployed doctors, despite vacancy rates for public sector facilities ...

Godongwana has indicated he’s prepared to make concessions, but he said differences over the budget need to be resolved at a ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has stressed the urgent need to tackle the nation’s pressing challenges in light of sluggish ...

These propositions have ranged from various approaches to implementing a direct or indirect wealth tax, such as reducing ...

The DA is holding the country to ransom with issues that have nothing to do with the Budget, Minister in the Presidency ...

It also ultimately attracts new businesses and both residential and commercial property development and helps foster thriving ...

If anything, the 2025 Budget Speech adds more pressure on South African SMEs, many of which were already struggling.

For the first time in 30 years, South Africa’s Budget process has been anything but smooth sailing. A divided Government of ...

South Africa’s defence budget has increased by just R400 million from 2024/25 to R55.94 billion for the 2025/26 financial ...