Submission by the Budget Justice Coalition in response to the 2019 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
The 2019 MTBPS shows that government is choosing to deepen budget Austerity. Taking an intersectional feminist approach, the Budget Justice Coalition undertakes a budget analysis which demonstrates that austerity has negative implications for human rights. The BJC...
Submission To The Select And Standing Committees On Appropriation
The purpose of the Budget Justice Coalition is to collaboratively build people’s understanding of, and participation in South Africa’s planning and budget processes – placing power in the hands of the people to ensure that the state advances social, economic and...
A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes
The Budget Justice Coalition’s submission to the Select and Standing Committees on Appropriations shows that austerity budgeting has led to expenditure cuts and allocations which pit the realisation of different rights against each other. Whereas the Constitution...
Budgeting in a time of austerity and state capture: A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes
A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes made as a Budget Justice Coalition submission to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance. The submission provides an overview of the key budgeting trends of the past five years, as well as the impact of these on...
