Ismail Joosub reviews the Budget 3.0 which holds a public sector wage bill that consumes nearly a third of all government spending and accounts for around 10,5% of South Africa’s GDP – and what this means for the youth.
Amirah Hassim analyses the recently released General Household Survey and the stark contradictions between the Bill of Rights and the lived experiences of millions of South Africans.
Christo van der Rheede responds to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement regarding his commitment to doing away with racial classifications and creating a non-racial society, as envisioned in the Constitution.
Ismail Joosub considers the third rendition of the budget speech and what it would look like if it did not skirt around our most urgent long-term challenge: The economic and social exclusion of young people.
Ismail Joosub and Christo van der Rheede consider the tabled third iteration of the 2025 Budget Speech with great concern, citing a lack of sustainable growth strategies.
Christo van der Rheede welcomes President Ramaphosa’s visit to Washington and hopes that the representatives of both South Africa and the United States put the needs of their countrymen before trivial domestic matters.
Christo van der Rheede, Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation, reflects on former British prime minister Harold Macmillan’s 1960 “Winds of change” speech in relation to the changes currently occurring, both locally and internationally.
Ismail Joosub considers the high stakes Parliament faces as it prepares to receive a revised national budget, on 21 May, with waning confidence in the ability of both the executive and Parliament to provide clear fiscal leadership, and proposes the establishment of an Office for Budget Responsibility.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Finance to withdraw the proposed VAT increase and maintain the Value-Added Tax rate at 15% from 1 May 2025.
