Parliament has budgeted between R6 million and R14 million for their opening address, scheduled to take place this evening at the Cape Town City Hall.
The only silver lining in this circus seems to be the silver trim your town’s municipal manager is putting on his new Mercedes.
More and more of us are feeling like we’re living a champagne life on a beer salary – even if that means we’re still settling for beer – which means it’s time to budget big time.
And we’re not even talking about Tuesday when Capitec clients opened their accounts on payday only to find a heart-and-gut-wrenching bank balance of R0,0.
During his budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced an increase in sin taxes, which will see the price of alcohol and tobacco products increase.
At 2PM today, Mboweni is set to deliver the budget, and given the destruction wrought by the pandemic over the past year or so, it will need a balancing act of epic proportions.
Here’s how to keep on track with growing your wealth when your finances don’t look that different from what you were working with last year.
As a new year approaches, consider this a reminder that starting 2021 with your finances in order is a great way to kick things off.
Yesterday, Finance minister Tito Mboweni presented his medium-term budget policy statement, and there were a few eyebrow-raising figures that were quickly criticised.
Tito Mboweni surprised everyone with some good news about personal tax brackets, so let’s see how that’s going to affect your earnings.
Yesterday, Tito Mboweni delivered the 2020 budget speech, and there was some good news for first-time homeowners.
We have some good news for South Africa and some bad news for government employees, who have thus far been enjoying the high life.
Tito Mboweni will be walking a tightrope during his maiden budget speech today, with many thorny issues needing to be addressed.
Mini-Budget bombshells. China hacked Trump’s phone. Bombs sent to Obamas, Clintons. Saudi Prince denies orders. Scarlett turned down prince. Porn actress airbrushed from Freddie Mercury’s life.
Go on then, think of a figure in your head. We don’t know each other that well, but I’m willing to bet you’re not even close.
Eusebius McKaiser isn’t one to mince his words, and it’s clear that he wasn’t a fan of yesterday’s Budget Speech. Also, y’all see Gigaba quoting Kendrick Lamar?
Yesterday afternoon saw Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba deliver his first budget speech, and his efforts were always going to be met with a mixed reaction.
2018 just might be the year to organise your finances once and for all, so here are the experts with a few simple steps to get you moving in the right direction.
As accommodation prices are set to soar ahead of the summer months, it pays to know where you can still lay your head without paying through the roof.
For something that cost me less than R7,000, you need to sit up and listen when you hear it can pay for itself between one and three months. If you eat salad or vegetables or drink green juice or smoothies, I highly recommend you read this.
Are you an individual human being, or a small business owner with an obligation to pay tax to the state? If you answered yes to either one of those questions, then you’ll want to read our top nine take home points from yesterday’s budget speech, as digested by Michael Rushby over at Galbraith-Rushby. The minister […]
It’s an exciting time for Apple fanboys across the world. Not only are they expecting a new low-cost iPhone (I’m buying eight), but also the new iPhone 5s. Let alone a new iPad MINI? Who knows. For now, we have these alleged leaked pics of the budgie iPhone..
Michael O’Leary of Ryanair – the world’s most profitable airline – says that Ryanair does three things well, no more, no less: “We arrive and leave on time, we give good fares [read: competitive], we do not lose your bags”. It’s a winning formula!
Living the holiday is very important to us, here at 2oceansvibe. And whether you’re searching for great prices for overseas flights, or wanting to compare local low-cost domestic flights in one place, 2ovflights.com is all you need – and it even works on mobile! Our pricing matrix and usability couldn’t be simpler and the system […]
This is not a paid-for feature. I just saw an announcement on the Emirates website about this global sale they’ve having, and I thought you would like to know about it – given your propensity for travel and good deals! Looks like a pretty impressive line-up of rates they’ve got here. I even did a test […]