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The ultimate check on government delivery is the ballot box, and this week’s local government elections provide that opportunity. Busisiwe Mavuso hopes that citizens will vote in large numbers to demand service delivery.
Trade Minister Parks Tau says government is confident it has made “generous” trade offers to the US as it seeks renewal of its AGOA benefits in the coming days.
South Africa’s Treasury has strengthened confidence in public finances by achieving a likely peak in the government debt ratio and maintaining fiscal targets despite weak growth and spending pressures. This progress created an opportunity for a stronger, more durable fiscal anchor than the…
Treasury has published draft amendments to South Africa’s most important public finance management laws that, among other things, allow for the creation of a new body to probe wasteful local government expenditure.
South African government bonds rallied, and the rand strengthened after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement showed government debt as a proportion of GDP had stabilised.
South Africa will get new legislation to commit future governments to fiscal responsibility early next year, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed.
National Treasury says government is clamping down on fraudulent applications to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme using the same techniques that are starting to bear fruit at Sassa.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana looks set to confirm that South Africa has finally turned the tide on government debt in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
The Public Investment Corporation, which invests on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund, on Wednesday, announced a stellar set of results for 2025/26, with a 20% increase in assets under management, bringing its portfolio to R3.657 trillion.