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Pravin Gordhan’s 2012 budget in South Africa played the balancing act nicely given current local and global economic circumstances. More effort needs to be made to increase the tax-base though and certainly more effort is needed to stamp out corruption and government squandering of public funds in order to achieve a sustainable solution for the country.

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The South African treasury and central government are finally taking action against under-performance and corruption at provincial government level. Is this the start of a new era of accountability in South Africa, or just a temporary derailment of the national gravy train?

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Pravin Gordhan’s 2010 Budget was a more realistic reflection of South Africa’s State of the Nation. Cuts benefit the poor, focus on education and job creation, increase in sin tax and fuel tax are some of the highlights.

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Zuma’s presidential hotline is declared a success after a few calls as Pravin Gordhan looks set to clean up the SA procurement system. Zille continues to pursue the NPA’s pre-election decision.