Budget 2025: Godongwana sticks to R1 trillion investment in infrastructure

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Commute experiment showed just how we've failed planning

Governments must manage growth and invest in infrastructure to improve Australians' quality of life.

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South Africa budget 2025: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana faces political headache

The finance minister's decision to push ahead with tax hikes puts him at odds with coalition partners.

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In full: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech

Key topics: Fiscal stability: Achieving a primary surplus and stabilising debt through prudent spending and Eskom debt relief. Growth strategy: Macroeconomic stability, structural reforms, state capability, and accelerated infrastructure investment for job creation. Revenue measures: VAT increase to 16% over two years and no personal income tax adjustments to fund public services. Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to ke…

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Budget 2025: Godongwana sticks to R1 trillion investment in infrastructure

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Godongwana announces R1 trillion infrastructure plans

The South African government will spend more than R1 trillion on public infrastructure over the next three years in a show of its commitment to driving economic growth. This is according to Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, who highlighted the plan during his 2025 Budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday. “[Infrastructure] is a key pillar of our growth strategy. It is the

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2025 Budget Reaction: Balancing fiscal discipline and economic growth - CAJ News Africa

by MAMELLO MATIKINCA-NGWENYAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE 2025 Budget maintains fiscal consolidation while acknowledging risks. It supports economic growth through increased infrastructure investment and manages spending pressures with a phased VAT rise from 15% to 15.5% in May 2025 and another 0.5% increase in April 2026 resulting in total VAT being levied at 16%. Gross tax revenue is expected to exceed the 2024 Medium-Term Budget Policy State…