Finance Minister Erica Shafudah said the combined approach allows Namibia to settle the external bond without straining social spending or foreign-exchange reserves

The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the real issue of funding Asian, African and other countries who are hit hardest by the climate crisis yet contribute least to global warming

The state has tried the neoliberalism model in various forms for 31 years, and it has not worked

The key assumption that municipalities would raise enough revenue to fund most of their operational expenditure needs to be revisited

Hunger, exclusion from education and Africa’s debt is more than policy failure, inequality and poor planning, it is the theft of dignity, potential and oppression

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

The chairs of parliament’s finance committees say the country is on a fiscal cliff and the minister has to make difficult choices in his budget this week

The court highlighted the tension between the rights of a body corporate to be reimbursed for the payments made and the right of a respondent to have electricity supplied

South Africa has a R2 trillion budget to fix the economy. It’s a big ask

If the amendment to the Electricity Act is to be effective, fiscal instability at local government level needs to be tackled

The pressure to succeed financially, combined with the lingering effects of poverty, creates a toxic cycle of consumption, debt and financial instability

Accumulated gross debt is expected to stabilise at R6.2 trillion or 74% of GDP by 2026. The annual cost of servicing this deb in that year will be R440 billion

How the government plans to repay the money is being questioned

The real issue is that the February 2023 budget was the least credible assessment of the country’s finances since 1994