# Public Works minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the one-trillion-rand infrastructure investment outlined in the national budget. The minister stressed the need to formalise Infrastructure South Africa through legislation to lead project coordination and execution. Macpherson says ISA is key to transforming South Africa into a construction site, unlocking jobs and economic growth. He highlighted […]
# Die GOOD-party sê 2025 se begroting slaag daarin om ‘n fiskale gaping van 69-miljard-rand te vul, maar vertraag broodnodige hervormings. Die party waarsku dat besnoeiings aan voorpunt-dienste en -infrastruktuur dienslewering kan benadeel. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, het kommer uitgespreek oor vertragings met die opgradering van die Passasierspooragentskap van Suid-Afrika se spoorweg-sinjaalstelsels en die […]
# SA Canegrowers welcomes Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s decision not to increase the Health Promotion Levy, commonly known as the sugar tax, in his latest budget. Maintaining the current rate avoids further harm to jobs in rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. The organisation’s chairperson, Higgins Mdluli, says the tax has caused significant damage since […]
# The GOOD Party says the 2025 budget manages to plug a 69-billion-rand fiscal gap, but delays much-needed reforms. The party warns that cuts to frontline services and infrastructure could hurt service delivery. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron expressed concern about delays in upgrading the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s rail signals and replacing US […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het die begroting vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag se vredesending in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo verminder. Die begroting om die soldate veilig te onttrek het egter tot drie-miljard-rand gestyg. Godongwana het in sy begrotingsrede gesê hierdie verskuiwing weerspieël die beplande gefaseerde onttrekking uit die DRK, met meer […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het ‘n bykomende 7,5-miljard-rand aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens oor die mediumtermyn toegeken om belastinginvordering te verbeter en onwettige handel te bestry. Die geld sal help om stelsels te moderniseer en pogings tot inkomsteherwinning te bevorder. In die hersiene begrotingsrede het Godongwana gesê dat die belegging na verwagting tot […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has allocated an additional 7.5-billion-rand to the South African Revenue Service over the medium term to enhance tax collection and combat illicit trade. The funds will help strengthen enforcement, modernise systems, and boost revenue recovery efforts. Delivering the revised budget speech, Godongwana said the investment is expected to generate up […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê die BTW-koers sal onveranderd bly op 15-persent, met die Nasionale Tesourie wat openbare raadpleging bo die verhoging van inkomste prioritiseer. Godongwana het in sy begrotingsrede gesê hoewel die verhoging van BTW fiskale hulpbronne kon versterk, is die besluit om dit onveranderd te hou, beïnvloed deur kommer oor […]
# The minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has reduced the budget for the South African National Defence Force’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the funds for safely withdrawing troops have increased to three-billion-rand. In his budget speech, Godongwana said this shift reflects the planned phased withdrawal from the DRC, focusing more […]
