Get ready for surprises and updates on social grants and taxes!
South Africa is eagerly anticipating Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2024 budget speech, set to tackle the nation's economic challenges. With high unemployment rates and a growing debt burden, all eyes are on Godongwana's announcements. The speech, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Cape Town City Hall, promises crucial insights into the country's financial future.
Despite mounting pressure to increase taxes, the Budget 2024 revealed no major tax hikes, offering a sigh of relief to many. Social grants are set to increase, excluding the SRD Grant, indicating positive changes in social welfare. Additionally, a windfall of R150 billion from the Reserve Bank is expected to positively impact South Africa's fiscal outlook.
In recent updates, Minister Godongwana disclosed changes in alcohol prices, making headlines with the slight increases. The speech also hinted at potential extensions and increments to the R350 grant, showcasing the government's commitment to supporting vulnerable populations.
Stay tuned for the full transcript of the budget speech, as Godongwana's decisions will shape the country's financial landscape. Watch out for further developments in fiscal policy, including the Treasury's plans for a fiscal anchor in 2024, promising enhanced fiscal prudence.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his much-anticipated budget speech on Wednesday afternoon. · It comes amid high unemployment rates, rising living ...
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his speech at 14h00 โ this is where you can watch, and what to expect.
Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will present the 2024 Budget Speech at the Cape Town City Hall.
As SA's government debt burden hits its most dangerous level since 1947, it has resorted to tap R150 billion from its profits on its foreign exchange holdings.
Despite increasing pressure to hike taxes to balance the government's books, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, did not announce any major tax increases in ...
During a parliamentary question and answer session last November, the country's money man elected not to discuss what tax proposals the National Treasury has in ...
Minister Enoch Godongwana: 2024 Budget Speech · A can of beer increases by 14 cents; · A can of a cider and alcoholic fruit beverage goes up by 14 cents; · A bottle of wine will cost an extra 28 cents; · A bottle of fortified wine will cost an extra 47 cents; ...
This does not include the Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD Grant) also known as the R350 grant. This was announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana ...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the ?2024 Budget speech on 21 February 2024. Here is the full transcript of the speech.
Read or watch Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana full budget speech. By Footage courtesy of the SABC 21 Feb 2024 14:13.
This as 60% of what government spends, after servicing debt, goes to the social wage.
Also contributing to enhanced fiscal prudence will be the Treasury's plans to develop a fiscal anchor in 2024.
South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his Budget Speech 2024 to Parliament on Wednesday, 21 February 2024.
CAPE TOWN - All were on Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana's budget speech this on Wednesday. He outlined government's priorities in its planned expenditure ...
It comes at a time when the government is faced with a mismatch of less-than-expected revenue collection and higher-than-desired spending, resulting in a ...
CAPE TOWN - South Africa plans to hike taxes and increase spending on social grants amid sluggish growth and high debt, the government said Wednesday.
NATIONAL NEWS - The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, recognises the inequalities and deprivation that still scar our society and therefore confirms ...
While the obvious solution is cutting back on government borrowing and expenditure, 2024 being a closely contested election year means that Treasury faced added ...
Old age, war veterans, disability and care dependency grants up by R90 in April and another R10 from October.
During the 2024 Budget Speech, delivered in Cape Town's City Hall on Wednesday, the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, announced that the government ...