# Teachers union SADTU says the medium-term budget policy statement must demonstrate a clear political and fiscal commitment to creating decent jobs, alleviating poverty and ensuring that every learner and educator has the resources and opportunities needed to thrive. Last year’s budget saw cuts to the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. SADTU’s spokesperson Nomusa Cembi says […]
# AfriForum sê die Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede moet verligting vir verbruikers insluit te midde van hemelhoë brandstofpryse, asook ander maatreëls wat ekonomiese groei bevorder. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sal na verwagting vandag in Kaapstad die regering se hersiene fiskale uitkyk tydens ʼn hibriede sitting van die Nasionale Vergadering uiteensit. Louis Boshoff van AfriForum sê Godongwana […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, lewer vandag sy Mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede en die DA sê Suid-Afrika het beter besteding, vinniger hervorming en groter aanspreeklikheid nodig. Ekonome verwag dat Godongwana ʼn verbetering in die land se fiskale posisie sal aankondig met die begrotingstekort wat moontlik kleiner is en die primêre begrotingsoorskot wat beter as verwag is. […]
# AfriForum says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement must provide relief to consumers amid sky-high fuel prices, along with other measures that will stimulate economic growth. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to outline the government’s revised fiscal outlook during a hybrid sitting of the National Assembly in Cape Town today. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff says […]
# As Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is set to table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement today, the DA says South Africa needs better spending, faster reform and greater accountability. Economists expect Godongwana to report an improvement in the country’s fiscal position, with the budget deficit potentially narrowing and the primary budget surplus strengthening beyond earlier […]
# SA Canegrowers urges Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in tomorrow’s medium-term budget policy statement, which is adding to pressure on local sugar producers. The organisation’s Higgins Mdluli says growers are struggling with heavily subsidised sugar imports and uncertainty surrounding Tongaat Hulett. Mdluli warns the levy has contributed to job losses […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says Grain SA’s legal challenge against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s soybean pricing decision is necessary to protect farmers. Grain SA has asked the High Court in Johannesburg to review the JSE’s July decision to use one geographical reference point in the country to determine soybean futures prices. It argues the […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced a safety recall of 253 Hyundai Tucson NX4 vehicles made available for sale across South Africa last year. The recall follows concerns that some vehicles may have been fitted with side-impact airbag sensors that do not meet the correct specifications. The commission’s Phetho Ntaba says Hyundai will use […]
# Union federation Cosatu says urgent, long-term interventions are needed to save poultry producer Daybreak Foods and protect workers’ jobs, despite progress in stabilising the company. The federation’s Matthew Parks says current and retrenched workers are owed 170-million-rand in unpaid wages and severance payments. Parks calls for the money to be paid in full, a […]
