Fiscal discipline, reform momentum and the role of private capital South Africa’s 2026 Budget arrives at a moment defined by both volatility and cautious optimism. National Treasury has projected that the country’s debt to GDP ratio has reached its peak. A primary surplus has been restored and fiscal consolidation has held despite multiple external shocks […]

The projected economic growth trajectory remains insufficient to address structural unemployment

The growth outlook is insufficient to alter unemployment dynamics, some argued

National treasury officials said the costing for the deployment of soldiers in crime-affected areas — as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, his Sona, had not yet been done

Over the next three years, growth is projected to average 1.8% and reach 2% by 2028

The global lender said controlling the public sector wage bill would be critical and commended the government’s plans to address inefficiencies and provide incentives for early retirement

Pressure can be relieved in a number of ways such as cutting consultants and reducing staffing in non-core areas such as state-owned entities, as well as ministerial office staff

Three actions — debt reduction, a youth solidarity tax and limiting increases in public-sector salaries — that could lead to sustainable prosperity

Given the shaky coalition government, two sections in the Constitution appear to create a quandary regarding ministers actions in the cabinet

It is high time for policy reckoning in the GNU

The saga reflected political sniping and the inability of parties in the government of national unity to cooperate

The Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account is not a piggy bank that can be used to solve South Africa’s fiscal problems.

Increasing value-added tax shifts the weight of systemic dysfunction to households already buckling under the pressure of inflation and economic exclusion.

They need to stop squabbling about how much we tax or borrow and concentrate on how effectively we spend.

The Trump factor, plus the ANC and the DA playing to the brink, has cost the country R1 trillion

South Africans have, in recent years, looked beyond the ANC in hope of finding new voices capable of holding the line on spending and corruption. Instead, what they have received is a bewildering capitulation and weak opposition

The ANC has bought itself time to decide whether to expel its constantly restive coalition partner

Real estate investment trusts are booming, reporting strong results for the interim period ending December

This is a moment that calls for strong leaders and a united nation. Right now, we don’t have either

The ANC has so far rejected conditions on which the DA would agree to support Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 0.5 percentage point VAT increase for the coming fiscal year