Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed increases to social grants, including old-age, disability and child support, supporting 26.5 million South Africans amid high unemployment.

Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has doubled down on the government’s fiscal consolidation efforts by reducing spending from 28.6% of GDP in the 2023-24 financial year to 27.6% in 2024-25.  This largely reflects measures implemented in recent years and slower growth projected in non-interest expenditure relative to GDP, the treasury said in its medium-term budget policy […]

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