# summary - Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/budgettips/summary/ - Published: 2025-01-31T12:21:21+02:00 - Author: dearSA _Advert_ _Advert – scroll down_ [ Have a say – provide a tip](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/budgettips/) ### 2025 highlights Public comments as delivered ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/19102547/BudgetTips.pdf) [Download [1.18 MB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/19102547/BudgetTips.pdf) The Budget Speech — streamed live on Feb 19, 2025 [POSTPONED] ### In the News - BusinessDay — [Wealth tax proposed to fill budget gap](https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2025-02-25-wealth-tax-proposed-to-fill-budget-gap/) - News24 — [Cabinet rejects Godongwana’s reworked Budget as ‘unworkable’](https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/unworkable-cabinet-rejects-godongwanas-no-vat-increase-budget-20250225) - BusinessTech — [Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana wants R300 billion more from South African taxpayers](https://businesstech.co.za/news/budget-speech/812086/finance-minister-enoch-godongwana-wants-r300-billion-more-from-south-african-taxpayers/) - Parliament of SA — [Media Advisory: Minister of Finance to Deliver 2025 Budget Speech in Parliament](https://www.parliament.gov.za/press-releases/media-advisory-minister-finance-deliver-2025-budget-speech-parliament) - BusinessTech — [South Africa must take bold steps](https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/812507/south-africa-must-take-bold-steps/) - IOL — [Predictions for South Africa’s Budget Speech: Tough decisions ahead for the Finance Minister](https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/predictions-for-south-africas-budget-speech-tough-decisions-ahead-for-the-finance-minister-61bb7f83-106b-4a30-a1cb-03446e183b42) - IOL — [Budget speech preview: KPMG economist outlines critical expectations](https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/budget-speech-preview-kpmg-economist-outlines-critical-expectations-fc40df62-c620-4b4d-bc28-af03b9bd66d0) - BusinessTech — [Warning over medical aid tax credits, wealth tax and more in South Africa](https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/809264/warning-over-medical-aid-tax-credits-wealth-tax-and-more-in-south-africa/) - SA Government — [Minister Enoch Godongwana invites 2025 budget tips](https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/minister-enoch-godongwana-invites-2025-budget-tips-28-jan-2025#:~:text=2025%20budget%20tips%20%E2%80%93%20Make%20your%20voice%20heard&text=The%20budget%20allocation%20aims%20to,addressing%20a%20large%20budget%20deficit) Notice from Treasury 2025 ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/31120806/2025012801-Media-Advisory-2025-Budget-Tips.pdf) [Download [248.25 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/31120806/2025012801-Media-Advisory-2025-Budget-Tips.pdf) ### 2024 highlights Transcript of the 2024 Budget Speech ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/26171644/Transcript-of-budget-speech-2024.pdf) [Download [99.23 KB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/26171644/Transcript-of-budget-speech-2024.pdf) Public comments as delivered to the Treasury ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/26170435/budget24.pdf) [Download [1.41 MB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/26170435/budget24.pdf) Budget Speech highlights  ⌊Loader⌉ Loading... ⌊EAD Logo⌉ Taking too long? ⌊Reload⌉ Reload document | [ ⌊Open⌉ Open in new tab ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/26172432/Budget-2024-Highlights-v2-1.pdf) [Download [5.68 MB] ](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/26172432/Budget-2024-Highlights-v2-1.pdf) BUDGET SPEECH AS DELIVERED Streamed live on Feb 21, 2024 ### In the Media * IOL — [Budget allays investor fears but leaves ordinary South Africans in an economic conundrum](https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/budget-allays-investor-fears-but-leaves-ordinary-south-africans-in-an-economic-conundrum-b82c8466-dd63-4319-87b3-64e750aa00cc) * eNCA — [2024 BUDGET SPEECH | MORE DIFFICULT DECISIONS LIE AHEAD](https://www.enca.com/opinion/2024-budget-speech-more-difficult-decisions-lie-ahead) * TimesLIVE — [2024 national budget to set South Africa on growth trajectory, says Ramaphosa](https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2024-02-26-2024-national-budget-to-set-south-africa-on-growth-trajectory-says-ramaphosa/) * BNN — [Pioneering the Path to Sustainability: South Africa’s Budget 2024 Embraces Climate Action](https://bnnbreaking.com/world/south-africa/pioneering-the-path-to-sustainability-south-africas-budget-2024-embraces-climate-action) * Briefly — [Cyril Ramaphosa gushes over the budget, but the country is not having any of it](https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/cyril-ramaphosa-gushes-over-the-budget-but-the-country-is-not-having-any-of-it/ar-BB1iUwkS) * BusinessTech — [2024 Budget in a nutshell – the biggest winners and losers](https://businesstech.co.za/news/budget-speech/753819/2024-budget-in-a-nutshell-the-biggest-winners-and-losers/) * BusinessTech — [Big tax risks for South Africa – as countdown to Budget 2024 begins](https://businesstech.co.za/news/budget-speech/744711/big-tax-risks-for-south-africa-as-countdown-to-budget-2024-begins/) * SA News — [Have your say on National Budget](https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/have-your-say-national-budget) * IT Web — [Treasury invites online tips for 2024 Budget](https://www.itweb.co.za/article/treasury-invites-online-tips-for-2024-budget/6GxRKqYQNEyqb3Wj) * Bloomberg — [South Africa’s Godongwana Says No Imminent Plan to Tap Reserves](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-16/south-africa-s-godongwana-says-no-imminent-plan-to-tap-reserves) MID-TERM BUDGET SPEECH, NOVEMBER 2023 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering his medium-term budget speech in Parliament. MID-TERM BUDGET SPEECH, NOVEMBER 2023 eNCA’s Dan Moyane speaks to economist Dawie Roodt following Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget speech. MID-TERM BUDGET SPEECH, NOVEMBER 2023 Addressing escalating debt, SOE bailouts, and tax reforms will be critical in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, say Investec economists Annabel Bishop and Tertia Jacobs in this special edition of the No Ordinary Wednesday podcast. No Ordinary Wednesday with Jeremy Maggs MID-TERM BUDGET SPEECH, NOVEMBER 2023 Mid Term Budget Policy Statement Summary | 2023 from Futuregrowth Asset Management MID-TERM BUDGET SPEECH, NOVEMBER 2023 Civil society groups have slammed the recently delivered Mid-term Budget for being an uncaring one, charging that it fails to cater for the most vulnerable in society. This came out at a meeting of several civil society groups, including the Public Service Accountability Monitor and the Social Policy Initiative, which was convened by UNICEF earlier in the week. The purpose of the meeting was to appraise the Mid-term Budget around how well it had done in keeping with the dictates of the Constitution, which stipulates that the socio-economic rights of everyone in the country must be advanced. From their perspective, the Mid-term Budget scored poorly. Nompumelelo Siziba filed this report. MID-TERM BUDGET SPEECH, NOVEMBER 2023 MTBPS | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana shares more on his mini budget speech. The government says it will continue to borrow around R553 billion per year. This is due to the underperformance in revenue collections and increased spending pressures. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the budget deficit is projected to reach four-point-nine per cent in 2023/24. The minister further announced that the social relief distress grant will be extended for another year. ### STATEMENTS AND MEDIA RELEASES Click on a logo to view. Want to display a statement from your organisation? 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I specifically oppose the Bill’s: 3. a. wide definition of “harm” (in Clause 1); b. the failure to define “hatred” (in Clause 1); and c. definition of, and creation of, the crime of “hate speech” (in Clause 4). 4. The creation of the crime of “hate speech” for saying / distributing something which could possibly be construed as “harmful”, will have certain unintended consequences, namely the criminalisation of good / well-meaning people who will be prosecuted for saying what they sincerely believe (according to their holy texts) and sent to jail. 5. There are already sufficient existing laws dealing with “hate speech”. 6. For all of the reasons given, I ask: 7. a. For the scrapping of the “hate speech” sections from the Bill altogether; b. Alternatively, should the “hate speech” provisions remain part of the Bill, we ask: c. a. That “harm” be defined as: “gross emotional and psychological detriment that objectively and severely undermines the human dignity of the targeted group”; and b. That “hatred” be defined as: “strong and deeply-felt emotions of enmity, ill- will, detestation, malevolence and vilification against members of an identifiable group, that implies that members of that group are to be despised, scorned, denied respect and subjected to ill-treatment based on their group affiliation”. d. That Clause 4(2)(d) (the “religious exemption clause”) be strengthened as follows to protect: _“expression of any religious conviction, tenet, belief, teaching, doctrine or writings, by a religious organisation or an individual, in public or in private, to the extent that such expression does not actively support, instigate, exhort, or call for extreme detestation, vilification, enmity, ill-will and malevolence that constitutes incitement to cause gross emotional and psychological harm that severely undermines the dignity of the targeted group, based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation”._