Blessing Utete from Old Mutual Corporate believes that ‘the proposed forms will improve retirement outcomes ... with lot more preservation in the long term’.

Covid-19 highlighted the gaps in our health system.

The new finance minister should be grateful for the commodities boom and an aggressive rebasing of the GDP.

But Godongwana’s tone hints at his hesitancy to commit to an income grant in the longer term.

To persuade private-sector investors, the government needs to demonstrate implementation of economic reforms that reduce the cost of business: Alexander Forbes chief economist Isaah Mhlanga.

Set more ambitious targets to rein in debt, reduce loan-serving costs, lower the budget deficit and cut spending in the coming year.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said a pronouncement on the controversial scheme would be made in the MTBPS.

SA may have to increase taxes, borrow more and fire workers if the government is forced to implement a civil-servant pay increase that was part of a 2018 agreement.

Despite mining windfall.

Fiscal risks, including unrelenting power outages, remain high.

But funds are being diverted from the Infrastructure Fund for the 2021 public service wage agreement.

Watch Minister Enoch Godongwana deliver his inaugural 'mini budget' at 14:00.

Following a record budget deficit of 10% of GDP in 2020, SA’s consolidated budget deficit is expected to narrow to 7.8% in 2021/22 and to 4.9% of GDP in 2024/25.

Also commits to avoiding further bail-outs of SOEs over the next three years.

Marginally lower than the Reserve Bank’s forecast in September.