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NHI remains uncosted and unaffordable – IRR

South Africans should be deeply alarmed that the National Assembly this week approved the NHI Bill without knowing how much it will cost.

17 November 2021 - Last week Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presented a three-year budget plan that somewhat pleased the markets. Higher than expected tax ...

President Ramaphosa, reverse SA’s record high unemployment rate; veto the EEB

30 March 2022 - South Africans face the bad news of a record high unemployment rate and must know that things could get even worse.

Ramaphosa should appoint non-racialists to BEE panel – IRR

31 May 2022 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) challenges President Cyril Ramaphosa to include an expert capable of analyzing the damage BEE is doing to ...

26 October 2022 - Don’t look to this afternoon’s presentation to Parliament of the Medium-term Budget Policy Statement, which covers the next three years, for ...

Scrapping race preferentialism key to value-for-money budget – IRR

22 February 2022 - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should put cost-effectiveness first and exempt all organs of state from race preferentialism when it ...

Stop fuel tax hike now - IRR

30 May 2022 - The petrol price is expected to rise above R25 per litre on Wednesday, adding to the mounting burden on commuters, motorists, and consumers.

5 October 2021 - The role of the minister of finance has been a pivotal one in post-apartheid South Africa, on both symbolic and substantive grounds. The ...

Tinkering at the margins versus putting SA on a new path: President Ramaphosa must veto the EEB

1 April 2022 - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced that the fuel levy will temporarily be reduced by R1.50 a litre from April 6, and has granted ...

Use MTBPS to grant BEE exemptions, IRR urges Godongwana

25 October 2022 - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should use his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement to announce cutting the most onerous red tape hampering ...