Budget Justice Coalition lambasts 2021 budget: Busi Sibeko
The Budget Justice Coalition will make an oral submission to the Parliamentary Select and Standing Committees on Finance to reiterate its calls for a fiscal framework that supports the caring government envisaged in the Constitution – one that, it says, makes the maximum possible
Budget 2021 | Reaction to health sector allocation: Dr. Basani Baloyi
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has tabled a massive R2. 2 trillion budget for this year.
Analysis of the Budget Speech 2021
Budget Speech 2021 | Previewing the speech with Busi Sibeko
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has been urged to find the balancing act in his Budget speech on Wednesday and stick to fiscal consolidation.
It’s a continuing crisis, not a recovery – a reflection on the NIDS-CRAM survey results
You don’t get better labour market economists in South Africa than the NIDS-CRAM team, but the main finding of an ‘employment bounce-back’ seems counterintuitive.
South Africa’s road to recovery: The risks of a private sector-led infrastructure build plan
Infrastructure development should entail a shift from the economy’s reliance on fossil fuels and industries such as mining and commodities, towards greater diversification, especially in industries that are low-carbon and employment-creating.
SA Lockdown | IEJ scorecard on government handling of economy and poverty over lockdown period
The Institute for Economic Justice has published a scorecard on government’s handling of the economy and poverty during lockdown.
SONA 2021 Reflection: Social welfare, the economy and human rights
Thabiso Kotane speaks to Neil Coleman, a senior policy specialist at the Institute for Economic Justice and Jenny Wells, a campaigner at Amnesty International about the 2021 SONA.
The president summarised the effects of the relief measures implemented in April 2020
The president summarised the effects of the relief measures implemented in April 2020 (“the largest intervention of its kind in our history”) and The Presidential Employment Stimulus plan.
Economist and Researcher Sonia Phalatse on Infrastructure Development
In his previous state of the Nation Address Last Year, the president put large-scale infrastructure build programmes as the cornerstone for sustained economic growth.