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End lockdown now to save the economy‚ DA tells Tito Mboweni

The party was speaking ahead of finance minister’s emergency budget The official opposition has advised finance minister Tito Mboweni to resist looking for “shortcuts” on Wednesday when he tables the emergency budget brought about by…

FINANCE MINISTER: Tito Mboweni

All races must benefit from Covid-19 relief, says Tito Mboweni

LINDA ENSOR AND TIMESLIVE The government needs to support all enterprises in its Covid-19 relief funding, regardless of race, says finance minister Tito Mboweni. “I think that we need to support all enterprises, black and white, as long…

Finance minister Tito Mboweni says SA is a member in good standing of the IMF, the World Bank and the New Development Bank and is therefore entitled to borrow money from them.Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

Mboweni brushes aside concerns over borrowing from IMF, World Bank

Finance minister Tito Mboweni said the public seemed to be over-emphasising the fact that SA will borrow money from international financing houses to fund socio-economic measures to address the Covid-19 crisis. President Cyril Ramaphosa…

Mboweni gives R16bn to SAA‚ R46.3bn to Eskom and R1.1bn to the SABC

Finance minister Tito Mboweni has continued to pour money into loss-making SAA‚ this time allocating more than R16bn to the cash-strapped national carrier. Mboweni‚ who was presenting his 2020/2021 budget in parliament on Wednesday‚ said…

SA to cough up more for alcohol and tobacco‚ old age grants up by R80

South Africans will pay even more for alcohol and tobacco following yet another increase on sin taxes‚ announced by finance minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday. Bubbly lovers could think twice before popping that champagne‚ as excise duty…

Budget speech 2020/21 expectations: Eskom‚ SAA and sin tax

As the country waits with bated breath for finance minister Tito Mboweni’s budget speech‚ social media users have sparked a debate‚ talking all things expectations. Mboweni is expected to present the budget speech for 2020/21 in…

Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni at medium-term budget policy statement in the National Assembly, Parliament. Date: October 30, 2019. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

And the bad news from finance minister Tito Mboweni is…

It was bad news all round on Wednesday, as finance minister Tito Mboweni painted a dire picture of a government drowning in debt of about R3-trillion, with the civil servants’ wage bill among the biggest threats to SA’s finances. In a…

Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni has received backlash for opposing UP’s decision to scrap Afrikaans.Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAYTIMES

‘You will regret it in 30 years time’: Tito Mboweni on scrapping Afrikaans at UP

Finance minister Tito Mboweni ruffled feathers after tweeting that he disagrees with the removal of Afrikaans as a medium language of instruction at the University of Pretoria. As of 2019, English is the medium language of teaching for…

No easing in as Ramaphosa gives Mboweni one night to prepare for his first cabinet meeting

“Get ready for your first cabinet meeting tomorrow.” This is how President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed his new finance minister to the crucial position on Tuesday‚ moments after Tito Mboweni‚ a former SA Reserve Bank governor‚ took his oath…

President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates new Finance Minister Tito Mboweni at Tyunhyus, Parliament, Cape Town. Tuesday 09, 2018. PICTURE: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAYTIMES

Tito Mboweni appointed as SA’s new finance minister

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni as his new finance minister. This comes after former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene decided to resign from the position on Tuesday morning following public…