It’s not about debt, it’s about stimulating an economy in crisis
Many economists and analysts have fixated on the Treasury’s borrowing prospects, neglecting the bigger picture.
Policy in a pandemic: Gilad Isaacs on South Africa’s economic policy response
Gilad Isaacs from the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) discusses South Africa’s economic policy response to COVID-19.
Budget breaks President Ramaphosa’s promise, say economists
We are writing as a group of economists and economic policy analysts to recommend your rejection of the Supplementary Budget tabled by the Minister of Finance on Wednesday 24 June 2020.
BJC: South Africa’s COVID-19 economic reponse inadequate
BJC: South Africa’s COVID-19 economic reponse inadequate
The Fix | Growing calls to reject Tito Mboweni’s budget – Part 2
Several leading economists and academics are lobbying for Mboweni’s supplementary budget to be scrapped. Courtesy #DStv403
The Fix | Growing calls to reject Tito Mboweni’s budget – Part 1
Several leading economists and academics are lobbying for Mboweni’s supplementary budget to be scrapped. Courtesy #DStv403
Tito Mboweni’s austerity Budget betrays the President’s R500bn rescue package — we need to pull back from the precipice.
A group of 122 economists and policy experts, called the Economists Initiative, and the Budget Justice Coalition (a coalition of important civil society formations) made submissions to Parliament last week in response to the Supplementary Covid-19 Budget tabled by Tito Mboweni on 24 June.
Economists urge MPs to reject Tito Mboweni’s budget
A group of nearly 100 economists, economic analysts and professionals have called on parliament to reject finance minister Tito Mboweni’s supplementary budget on the grounds that it fails to address the magnitude of the crisis facing the country.
Submission from South African economists and others on the Supplementary Budget 2020
RE: Submission from South African economists, economic and business analysts and others on the
Supplementary Budget tabled 24 June 2020
Post Budget Debate with David Masondo
A Post-Budget Debate with Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo. Hosted by the Alternative Information and Development Centre(AIDC), Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung South Africa and the Mail and Guardian.