Tag: debt servicing
Post-matric opportunities – the youth struggle
What are the actual job prospects for young South Africans once they have matriculated? To what extent are recent matriculants finding jobs or transitioning into post-school education and training (PSET) opportunities? These are the critical questions explored in a new report titled “School completion, the matric and post-school transitions in South Africa”.
Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?
Parliament tabled the 2025 budgets on 19 February 2025, but they were not approved. The budgets proposed a 2% increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate. The proposal suggested raising the VAT rate from 15% to 17%.
Budget 2024 – mixed expectations in an election year
With the budget speech being delivered in an election year, I expect to hear populist promises and over-optimism which is geared more to voters than the financial markets. We will need to scrutinise the numbers coming out of the budget very carefully to see if Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget proposals are viable and achievable given the country’s high debt burden and strained tax base.
Could a Russian default trigger an EM crisis?
Russia is inching towards a debt default. We look at which emerging markets might be most at risk of contagion and whether investors should be concerned. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to have a devastating human impact.
