South Africa:   Sadtu Responds to the 2018 Medium Term Budget Statement

COSATU, 25 October 2018

The South African Democratic Teachers' Union, the largest union in the education sector, has met the 2018 Medium Term Budget statement with caution. The Union welcomes the fact… Read more »

South Africa:   Mini Budget Re-Allocates R1.4 Billion for SARS Reforms

News24Wire, 24 October 2018

allocated R1.4bn to support reforms at the SA Revenue Service (SARS), which is battling governance challenges threatening revenue collection. Read more »

South Africa:   Maiden MTBS "Went Very Well", Says Mboweni

SAnews.gov.za, 25 October 2018

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has described his maiden Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, as one that well. Read more »

South Africa:   Government Dealing With School Sanitation

SAnews.gov.za, 24 October 2018

Government is attending to the sanitation issues faced by schools around the country, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday. Read more »

South Africa:   Mboweni - Mini Budget Tabled in Time of Slow Economic Growth

News24Wire, 24 October 2018

The government is betting on President Cyril Ramaphosa's economic stimulus plan and renewed investor confidence in SA to overcome weak economic growth, which is expected to slow to… Read more »

South Africa:   Government Debt Jumps to 55.8 Percent of GDP

News24Wire, 24 October 2018

Government's gross loan debt is expected to accelerate to 58.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021/22, up from 55.8% - an increase largely attributed to currency fluctuation,… Read more »

South Africa:   Hands Off the SA Reserve Bank, Says Mboweni

News24Wire, 24 October 2018

Finance minister on Tito Mboweni of Wednesday said that South Africans should end "regular attacks on the mandate and independence of the South African Reserve Bank" saying this… Read more »