Economist Dawie Roodt has sparked outrage from the Public Servants Association of South Africa (PSA) after calling public servants a “parasitic force” draining the national budget. Roodt’s Remarks Speaking at...
Medical aid members are about to feel another financial squeeze. On 20 February 2026, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) confirmed the imposition of levies on medical schemes for...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana declared that South Africa has “turned a corner” and that government debt is becoming stable. But a chart compiled by The Outlier shows just...
Tensions in Tshwane are set to boil over this week as the city awaits the scheduling of a misconduct hearing for Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisiand as the fallout...
Tensions in Tshwane are set to boil over this week as the city awaits the scheduling of a misconduct hearing for Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisiand as the fallout...
Calling for the army is popular. But it is not a solution. That was the blunt message from Dr Mmusi Maimane, chairperson of the Standing Committee on...
In a country grappling with an education crisis, the most critical years of a child’s learning life are being systematically neglected. Despite a high-profile promise of...
South Africa’s national finances have hit a critical juncture. After 15 years of missed targets and fiscal slippage, the country’s debt burden has ballooned to a...
For two decades, South Africa has been waging a war on two fronts: against the twin epidemics of HIV and Tuberculosis. It’s been a gruelling fight,...
Get ready for a significant shift in how Value-Added Tax (VAT) works in South Africa. The National Treasury is planning the most substantial overhaul of the...