fuel levy
Infographic: Budget 2017 in numbers
Full text: South Africa’s 2017 budget speech
Full text: South Africa’s 2016 Budget speech
Emphasising that South Africans are "resilient, committed and resourceful", Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan delivered his 2016 Budget speech to the National Assembly in Parliament on Wednesday 24 February. Read the full speech, watch the video, and download key documents.
Budget 2015: South Africa raises income tax
No surprises in Nene’s first budget, say analysts
Nene walks a tightrope
The budget will be a balancing act. Reining in spending and raising taxes will usher in a few years of pain – not very heavy pain, but unavoidable pain – and the finance minister will need to find a way to spread it among as many groups as possible without causing anger or resentment.
How will the budget affect you?
Tax breaks for low income earners, but an increase in the fuel and road accident levies and in sin taxes. The finance minister pulled off a careful balancing act in a slow economy and an election year, tightening the reins on public spending but laying the foundation for the National Development Plan.