S African Business Focuses on Budget
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry says that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget speech should send a signal that the country is a stable and growing economy.
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South Africa:
Business Looks to Gordhan's Budget
SA Info, 26 February 2013
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget speech should send a signal to the world that South Africa is a stable and growing economy, while also giving information on how the… Read more »
Budget Speech 2012.
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South Africa:
Equal Education to Hold Budget Speech Picket Today
SAPA, 26 February 2013
EQUAL EDUCATION TO HOLD BUDGET SPEECH PICKET TODAY Read more »
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South Africa:
Parly Budget Office Will Be Independent - Sisulu
SAPA, 26 February 2013
Parliament's budget office will be politically independent, Speaker Max Sisulu said on Tuesday after announcing that, after more than a decade in the pipeline, the unit would soon… Read more »
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South Africa:
The DA's Alternative Budget - How to Restore Confidence in South Africa
DA, 25 February 2013
The DA's Alternative Budget 2013 sets out how we would overhaul taxation and realign expenditure priorities, in line with our Plan for Growth and Jobs, to put South Africa on a… Read more »
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South Africa:
R1.50 Hike in Cigarette Prices
Health-e, 25 February 2013
Although smokers are expected to pay around R1.50 more per pack of 20 cigarettes, experts believe this increase is insufficient to deter young people from taking up this unhealthy… Read more »
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South Africa:
Afrobarometer - Poor South Africans More Active, but Less Well Served By Government
idasa An African Democracy Institute, 25 February 2013
The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys, covering up to 35 African countries in Round 5 (2011-2013). It measures public attitudes on democracy and its… Read more »
InFocus
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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Medium Term Budget proposals were broadly welcomed by political parties, although some questioned the Treasury's influence on the government to ... Read more »
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There has been mixed reactions from various quarters to the 2012 National Budget announced by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Read more »
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The country's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has presented the 2012 national budget to parliament. Read more »