Budgeting predicts financial health more than education or income. Here’s why the habit matters – and how AI makes it easier to keep

Treasury’s restraint brings modest tax relief and a firmer debt path. For investors, the opportunity is to channel extra cash into savings and bonds

National Treasury has put forward the most company-focused set of tax proposals in at least a decade, which is crucial for faster growth

South Africa’s increasingly low-grade ambitions are writ large in this week’s safe and cautious budget

Government is finally looking to slay its debt monster, as it thrashes out a new way of living within its means

This year’s budget is the most pro-wealth and pro-growth it has been in years, thanks to higher tax brackets, VAT thresholds and CGT exclusions

From getting tough on municipalities to diamond export levies, here are the key numbers and policy changes from South Africa’s 2026 national budget

Gambling, grants, ghost workers and more …

Godongwana is getting his first budget tailwind – but bracket creep relief and higher revenue come with a Sars enforcement drive that taxpayers will feel.

Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days to come

Local government elections, a DA electoral conference, the all-important annual budget and global headwinds. Here’s your political year ahead

Politics, markets and reform collide as Enoch Godongwana delivers the GNU’s first fiscal update. Currency highlights 10 things to watch in the mini-budget

Six game-changing reforms went largely unnoticed in a budget overshadowed by politics – yet the same old fiscal burdens threaten to cancel them out

Everyone wants a ‘growth budget’. But what does that actually look like? And is Budget 3.0 the answer?

The market is taking heart Treasury won’t be borrowing more, while higher fuel levies and more money for Sars will help plug the VAT gap

Budget 3.0 lands without the VAT hike. But with weak growth, rising costs and party tension, it’s another instalment in search of a new ending

Scrapping the VAT hike isn’t going to push South Africa into a debt crisis. But without real growth and spending cuts, we’re drifting closer to the edge

The much-loathed VAT hike may be gone, but tensions in the government of national unity may yet torpedo the coalition

What precipitated the party’s climbdown on the VAT issue?

Amid the furore over the budget, the ANC is now apparently looking for ways to scrap the VAT hike and find the money to plug the gap elsewhere