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Graduation day  arrives, but the job offers don’t. Photo: Chris Furlong/Getty Images

Make the SA economy work for graduates

The country needs an economic policy that takes account of the skill sets we currently have

Treasury’s director general, Dondo Mogajane.

We are worried about load-shedding — Mogajane

Treasury director general says the power utility needs to be fixed urgently

Light bulb: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has a plan to fix Eskom without people losing their jobs. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)

Light at the end of Eskom tunnel?

The treasury has mooted selling the utility’s coal-fired stations, but this doesn’t mean privatisation

Dondo Mogajane told the standing committee in Parliament on Tuesday that the misplacement of the memo in question for a financial management program caused irregular expenditure to reflect as R769.2-million (Elmond Jiyane/GCIS)

Treasury seeking condonement for R769m irregular spend caused by ‘lost memo’

National Treasury will need approval from Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts if it wants the irregular expenditure condoned

At the start of 2026, four of South Africa’s five largest banks were simultaneously pursuing acquisition targets in Kenya.

Unfair banking practices rapped in World Bank report

​A World Bank retail banking study of transactional and fixed deposits has found shortcomings in the way South African banks treat their customers

Judge Robert Nugent asked Momoniat to go through his submission on proposed amendments to the way SARS functions.

Sars shortfall to blame for VAT hike – Treasury

Treasury would not have needed to increase value added tax if not for the revenue shortfall at Sars says deputy director general at treasury

?Minister of Public Service and Administration Ayanda Dlodlo has stated that she never meant to break the code. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Undeterred, Dlodlo forges ahead

The department says it’s not retrenching, but treasury has the money for severance packages

Former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni allegedly put pressure on two senior staff members and ‘orchestrated’ a R15-billion deal

Treasury has Myeni in its crosshairs

Two SAA executives have been fired but the hearing also fingered the former chairperson

“You know why [they are critical]

Malema continues to support Shivambu on Momoniat matter

EFF’s Floyd Shivambu has faced multiple rebukes for remarks he made about the Treasury’s deputy director-general during a committee meeting

EFF MP Floyd Shivambu on Tuesday

Treasury: EFF doesn’t grasp how parliament works

The ​National Treasury has accused the Economic Freedom Fighters of displaying a ‘gross misunderstanding of parliamentary processes’

Ismail Momoniat

Treasury slams Sars for not providing info in Makwakwa probe

Ismail Momoniat said the tax agency had not provided sufficient information to investigators during a probe into Jonas Makwakwa

Treasury’s director general, Dondo Mogajane.

‘Brazen theft’ of public resources must be dealt with – Treasury DG

The erosion of public resources through “brazen theft” must be dealt with, says Dondo Mogajane

Mark Minnie, a retired cop, was found dead this week. The murky circumstances of a possible suicide remain unclear. (John McCann/M&G)

A-team puts Gigaba on notice

Treasury officials are divided over whether to stay and shouldn’t be taken lightly.

Eleven-month-old Akalapatan Kebo

UPDATE: Eskom ‘shocked’ by Treasury’s biting remarks on coal contracts inquiry

The National Treasury is surprised by media reports of Tegeta “warning” and threatening to interdict the department should it release a report.

The transfer of Eskom’s transmission assets appears to be a sticking point.

Treasury disputes Eskom claims on Gupta-linked firm

The department says any legitimate business should have no issues with transparency.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan at a media briefing ahead of his budget speech.

[Archives] Why the Hawks don’t have a case against Pravin Gordhan

It’s difficult to follow exactly what Gordhan is being accused of, or if he is even being accused of anything.

Eskom’s Medupi power plant was supposed to have come online by the end of last year

DA demands answers on Eskom bailout

The DA is seeking clarity on government’s bailout plans for Eskom, and wants to know how much of its debt will be absorbed by taxpayers.

The Trump’ administration’s trade tariffs have shaken the rand. Photo: File

Cosatu dumbfounded by IMF report

Cosatu is flabbergasted by the International Monetary Fund’s latest report on South Africa, says spokesperson Patrick Craven.

Treasury seeks to rein in lease spending

Treasury seeks to rein in lease spending

The national treasury says R3-billion a year is too much to be spending on leasing property for state departments, and is working to whittle it down.

Negative long-term effects feared for youth league

Negative long-term effects feared for youth league

As Julius Malema’s appeal against his suspension from the ANC begins, the youth league says it worries that important issues are being sidelined.