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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)... →
ANC calls for immediate roll-out of new electricity generation capacity
By: Thabi Shomolekae 1st November 2023 African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula noted on Wednesday that the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement must help the nation... →
Transnet urged to engage before presenting a R100bn bail-out ‘invoice’
By: Terence Creamer 1st November 2023 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has not “closed the door” on Transnet’s move to secure a reported R100-billion in balance-sheet support to assist... →
South Africa’s polycrisis – we have to stop the fall before we can begin to rise
1st November 2023 A country with as many challenges as we have needs a short list of clear priorities that will drive an acceleration of economic growth since it is... →
TP Nchocho appointed chair of inaugural TNPA board
By: Terence Creamer 30th October 2023 Outgoing Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) CEO Tshokolo Petrus (TP) Nchocho has been appointed chairperson of the inaugural Transnet... →
Tax shortfall lumps South Africa with no-good-news Budget
By: Bloomberg 30th October 2023 South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is in a bind as he reworks the nation’s budget in the face of lower-than-expected tax revenue and... →
Western Cape can achieve breakout growth rates, assures its Economic Development head
By: Rebecca Campbell 27th October 2023 The Western Cape economy indeed had the potential to achieve “breakout growth” rates of 4%/y to 6%/y, and the provincial government was determined... →
‘Open and transparent’ third-party rail access system by April
By: Terence Creamer 26th October 2023 State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has confirmed that an open and transparent framework for granting private train operating companies’... →