A revenue overrun could narrow the budget deficit to 3.5% of GDP, while improving fiscal discipline and structural reforms ...

PSG chief economist Johann Els is forecasting a R50 billion tax overrun for the first half of 2026, as South Africa's ...

Parliament, Tuesday, 6 October 2026 – The Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, will deliver the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to a hybrid plenary of the National Assembly (NA) on ...

Economists have praised finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s MTBPS or ‘mini budget’ speech that contained some strong announcements about government debt and spending. Tertia Jacobs, treasury economist ...

Economists are hoping for significant changes in the MTBPS, while tax payers are waiting to see if the tax brackets will be adjusted. After Budget 2025 was postponed twice, South Africans are not ...

When Minister of Finance Enoch Go­dongwana mounts the podium to deliver his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday, 30 October, he might be forgiven were he to don sunglasses. To ...

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has collected more tax revenue than projected by the National Treasury in the budget tabled in May 2025. According to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement ...

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) in parliament on Wednesday. The tabling comes after gross fixed-capital formation declined in 2024 and in the ...

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana struck an upbeat tone regarding South Africa’s medium-term growth prospects, saying even though his growth forecast for this year slipped, the economy was well-placed ...

The Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, will deliver the MTBPS in the National Assembly on Wednesday, 30 October, at 2 pm. The MTBPS is a critical element in the overall budget process, as it ...

This follows president Ramaphosa’s recent announcement that government is considering the introduction of incentives to encourage South Africans to switch to EVs. “We hope that minister Godongwana ...

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