It is sad to write about Tito Mboweni in the past tense. Tito Titus Mboweni, who was born on 16 March 1959 in Tzaneen, a town in South Africa in what was then the Transvaal, passed away after a short illness in Johannesburg on 12 October…
Former finance minister Tito Mboweni says it is imperative that perpetrators of corruption are pursued and face the full wrath of the law. Mboweni, who was delivering an online lecture hosted by Rhodes University, described as a great…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his first cabinet reshuffle to consolidate power in his office, moving the political control of the state security agency into the presidency. The move comes as many intelligence-related questions remain…
OPEN LETTER From Gerhard Papanfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers Association of South Africa 29 July 2021 Mr Tito Mboweni Minister of Finance Dear Minister Mboweni INTRODUCTION OF TAX RELIEF MEASURES DUE TO UNREST The recent…
SA’s economy was likely to weaken further if there was no reliable supply of electricity, finance minister Tito Mboweni conceded on Thursday. This comes after Eskom warned citizens to brace themselves for another five years of…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni received a resounding vote of confidence on Friday from his boss, President Cyril Ramaphosa, who dismissed speculation that he was looking for a replacement for the former central bank governor. The president…
A hawkish National Treasury led by finance minister Tito Mboweni will not be allocating any new money to the Zondo commission of inquiry, despite its deadline being extended by three months. The deadline for the inquiry into state…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni said the government has set aside R791.2bn for infrastructure development and has already partnered with the private sector and other role players for its rollout. Mboweni said infrastructure development is…
Later today, finance minister Tito Mboweni will announce the 2021/2022 budget and pundits are speculating on what the minister will do to rebalance the books. The cost of the global pandemic has hit every country hard but the developing…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni has expressed that those found guilty of corruption should be booted out of the ANC. This week, on Twitter, Mboweni said “rats and mice” who are found guilty of corruption should be booted out of the party…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni recently tweeted himself into hot water when he accused DA “loud mouths” of spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine, saying he would ask EFF leader Julius Malema to “deal with them.” The minister…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni has defended the R10.5bn funding allocated for SAA, saying it is not a bailout. Mboweni, who was briefing parliament’s portfolio committee on finance after the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS),…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni insisted on Thursday that the government has held “a multipronged conversation” with trade unions to lay the groundwork for a three-year wage freeze on which the entire budget rests. Mboweni was briefing MPs…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni has rejected criticism by the DA that he buckled under pressure by allocating R10.5bn to finance the SAA business rescue plan. At a media conference after the medium-term budget policy statement on Wednesday…
Departments losing out to SAA features highly, as does a long-term plan for bringing down the country’s debt burden The National Treasury has put the brakes on the onerous debt consolidation plans it outlined in June, reducing its planned…
