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  • LIVEBLOG: Social Impact and Round-up

  • Centre for Policy Studies Comments on the 2010/11 Budget

    By all accounts, the first fully-fledged budget presentation by the new Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, was a balanced affair – meaning that it was sufficiently pleasing to a sufficient number of organised interest groups, especially those groups with the capacity and potential to undermine the ability of the government to pursue its programmes.

    Author(s): 
    Dr Thabo Rapoo
  • Overspending Affects Service Delivery

    A report commissioned by the government says overspending in the Free State will lead to cuts in services this financial year unless radical measures are taken

    A report commissioned by the government says overspending in the Free State will lead to cuts in services this financial year unless radical measures are taken.

    Blaming overspending on the cash-based reporting system, the report says unfunded mandates, such as the occupation-specific dispensation for public servants’ pay, are contributing to overspending in the Free State.

    Source: 
    Business Day