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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2025 National Budget Speech on Wednesday (12 March). The budget addressed ...

ENOCH GODONGWANA: There are no spending cuts in this budget at all. We have been [giving] budget cuts for a number of years ...

Budget Speech has sparked outrage, with critics labelling it a reckless move that threatens the financial stability of ...

Budget 2025 was postponed to 12 March due to objections from the other parties in the government of national unity to increasing VAT by 2%.

A revised budget presented on Wednesday by South Africa's finance minister was immediately rejected by major political ...

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Financing energy and water needs were referenced several times by SA Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during his 2025 Budget Speech ...