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Corruption Watch calls for ceasefire in Gaza, end to arms industry complicity in the conflict
6th November 2023 Corruption Watch joins the growing calls from around the world for an immediate ceasefire to Israel’s war on the Palestinian people in Gaza.... →
Business says Medium-Term Budget lacks clear fiscal plan
By: Thabi Shomolekae 2nd November 2023 Business noted on Thursday that while Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana outlined government’s strategy to avoid a full-blown fiscal crisis and... →
South Africa’s medium-term budget reflects difficult and contested decisions
2nd November 2023 The medium-term budget policy statement presented by South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, to parliament on 1 November 2023 is... →
COSATU is disappointed by Treasury's lackluster Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
1st November 2023 Workers and the entire country looked forward to Government’s tabling a bold, decisive and progressive Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)... →
DENOSA hopes Finance Minister keeps his hands off Health’s cookie jar
1st November 2023 As the Minister of Finance will be tabling the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament later today, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of... →
Cape Town calls on Finance Minister not to cut R100m in housing grants
31st October 2023 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to protect municipal grant funding in his mid-term budget speech... →
MTBPS: Austerity measures will trap economy in low growth cycle and deepen poverty
30th October 2023 If the choice, in the short term, is between borrowing or cutting social and infrastructure expenditure then we must choose borrowing. At the same... →
Durban rates revolt: Ratepayers to appeal after losing bid to prevent City from cutting services
By: News24Wire 30th October 2023 The Durban ratepayers group that withheld money from the eThekwini Metro as a form of protest, lost a court bid to prevent the City from... →