Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Parliament's Budget Office says Treasury is mistaking the budget surplus and a recently improved risk premium for economic resilience, and that South Africa performs poorly against peers over the next two years.

Public Works Minister Dean McPherson says a company linked to a Sandton businessman arrested for threatening women has been blacklisted from state business after misrepresenting itself when bidding for government contracts.

SAA's finance position is under scrutiny: Parliament's finance committee wants the SAA board called in and an emergency committee meeting after the November elections, with properly crafted financial statements.

Cape Town law enforcement recovered 22 firearms in eight days in gang hotspots, but Gun Free SA says the conviction rate for illegal firearm possession is only about 16 percent.

Treasury's fuel levy cut takes effect next week for two months, and Parliament's Budget Office backs it as the right call given rising inflation and unpredictable oil prices.