Finance Minister Tito Mboweni made his debut National Budget speech in Parliament. Here's what the property experts say about what this means for real estate, South Africa and you...
Private Property South Africa 4 Mar 2019
This was always going to be one of South Africa's toughest budgets with enormous pressure on government resources in an extremely difficult economic environment...
22 Feb 2019
This year's South African budget gave allies of the market as much as they could expect - and labour and the left about as much as they currently deserve...
Steven Friedman 22 Feb 2019
Similar to the 2018 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) this budget was very closely watched with many hoping for clarity on the future direction...
Nico Esterhuizen (FCCA), ACCA 21 Feb 2019
Legal claims against the department now amount to more than half of some provincial health budgets. Less money now will only mean more claims later...
Daniel McLaren 21 Feb 2019
In Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's first Budget Speech since his appointment, he announced that sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco will rise...
21 Feb 2019
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's maiden Budget Speech is a structural reform budget, which aims to reduce the immediate fiscal and economic risks posed by Eskom's and other SOEs unsustainable balance sheets and operational models...
Isaah Mhlanga 20 Feb 2019
Over the years your predecessors have consistently increased the pressure on high net worth individuals in their annual budgets. Currently the top 2% of earners account for between 25% and 35% of South Africa's total revenue...
Andrew Duvenage 19 Feb 2019
Legendary escapologist Harry Houdini began his career escaping from handcuffs but later went on to dazzle audiences with escapes from large milk cans, his specially designed Chinese water torture cell and buried caskets...
Craig Pheiffer 18 Feb 2019
Franchise business owners are waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the 2019 National Budget Speech, as they seek more opportunities to increase their contribution to GDP...
18 Feb 2019
Being an election year, there'll be a second State of the Nation Address (Sona) in June for the new government to present its plan of action for the 2020 financial year...
13 Feb 2019
As always, the annual Budget Speech carries trepidation and optimism for taxpayers in equal quantities...
Nicci Botha 1 Feb 2019
The National Assembly on Wednesday approved several legislative matters concerning the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) and one about free and fair elections - the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill...
29 Nov 2018
A comprehensive B2B Recruitment Focus from December 2018 to February 2019 will ensure that Bizcommunity is the go-to destination for all the B2B news you'll need to plan your HR and recruitment strategies in 2019...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018
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Bizcommunity.com 15 Oct 2018
The long-awaited Public Procurement Bill will be submitted to Cabinet in March, paving the way for black-, youth- and women-owned businesses to get larger stakes in state procurement, which runs into billions of rand...
Khulekani Magubane 22 Feb 2018
In a media briefing prior to his Budget Speech, Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba, confirmed that the nuclear deal is off the table for now because the country simply cannot afford it...
22 Feb 2018
Budget 2018 is an austerity budget. In a nutshell, the country has been spending more than it earns so we have to tighten our belt, and pay a bit more in tax...
22 Feb 2018
There was a consistent theme of SME support in both the recent State of the Nation Address and the National Budget Speech...
22 Feb 2018
With the wine industry supporting approximately 290,000 jobs, the fact that the average wine grape producer does not function at sustainable profit margins and more than a third operate at a loss is great cause for concern...
22 Feb 2018
All the predictions ahead of the Budget Speech were far worse than what actually transpired, including the impact on wealthier South Africans, which wasn't as severe as it could have been...
22 Feb 2018
The approximately eight-million people in South Africa who rely on medical tax credits to subsidise the cost of existing medical aid schemes can breathe a sigh of relief...
Lebo Motsumi 22 Feb 2018
Relief for SA's drought-ridden regions amounting to R6bn was among the proposals announced by finance minister Malusi Gigaba when he delivered the Budget Speech on Wednesday, 21 February...
Khulekani Magubane 22 Feb 2018
It was always going to be a tough budget given that finance minister Malusi Gigaba already signalled during his mini-budget late last year that there was a significant fiscal deficit that needed to be funded...
Samuel Seeff 22 Feb 2018
According to Berry Everitt, CEO of the Chas Everitt International property group, Wednesday's Budget Speech contained some very hopeful elements for SA's property sector...
22 Feb 2018
The Budget Speech is likely to prove positive for the property market in the medium to long term, says Gerhard Kotzé, MD of the RealNet...
22 Feb 2018
Government has been forced to hold back on some of its capital projects and reduce spending on goods and services in order to find R57-billion to fund free tertiary education...
Thabo Mokone 21 Feb 2018
South Africas need to build on the momentum in the country right now by delivering a budget that supports the ambitious but achievable plans announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his Sona last week.
21 Feb 2018
Today the spotlight will fall on the minister of finance, Malusi Gigaba when he delivers the 2018 Annual Budget Speech...
21 Feb 2018
Despite growth picking up and a prediction that the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) forecast will be revised downwards by nearly R70bn, the country still faces some serious fiscal issues...
Danette Breitenbach 21 Feb 2018
