Budget battle heads to Parliament as ANC faces widespread opposition
As the ANC's proposed Budget heads to Parliament, fierce opposition emerges from the DA, EFF, and other parties, challenging ...
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Budget Speech 2025: VAT increase triggers public uproar
South Africans reject the 0.5% VAT hike, as the GNU faces its biggest budget battle yet. The post Budget Speech 2025: VAT ...
Urgent need to address US funding gaps for HIV and TB services
Activists expressed disappointment that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana failed to account for the additional finances ...
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How Much Does Our HIV Response Depend On U.S. Funding?
After the US slashed global aid, the South African government stated that only 17% of its HIV spending relied on US funding. But some experts argue that US health initiatives had more bang for buck ...
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Long-Suffering Durban Residents Could Wait Years for End to Water Crisis
Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027 Ngonyameni residents in Durban have been relying on eThekwini ...
Portfolio Committee on Education welcomes additional budget allocation for schools
The Education Portfolio Committee has welcomed the budget allocated for the Education Sector. Minister of Finance, Enoch ...
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#Budget2025: Unlocking mining's full potential could reshape South Africa's economy
While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's budget delivered on Thursday, 12 March, provides some welcome support to the mining ...
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Godongwana's budget in trouble as parties threaten no vote in Parliament
JOHANNESBURG - Parties both in the GNU and outside it, have opposed the budget tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday. The ANC’s largest coalition partner, the DA, revealed it will ...
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Godongwana’s Budget promises improved funding for the health sector — but is it enough?
Health experts are cautiously optimistic that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget allocation for the health sector will cover certain funding gaps in the system. However, it remains uncertain ...
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ANC in talks with opposition parties, Fikile Mbalula confirms party seeks support to pass budget
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula confirmed that the party were in discussion with parties in and out of the GNU as they ...
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Taxes divide SA unity government, again
A WAR of words has ensued between the major parties in the coalition government of South Africa, with the emotive issue of tax increases this time fuelling the fallout. The differences are the latest ...