There was something different about this year's budget, says an economist.
While SA will run a larger-than-expected budget deficit, economists say the country is in a good position to fund this as its debt levels can rise without any trouble.
This year's budget is not a departure from the conservative fiscal stance that South Africa has long had in place, says Standard Chartered Bank.
Government should have waited before hiking the fuel levy, says the Automobile Association.
It is not sustainable that there are only 5.3m people paying tax, while 13m South Africans are on social welfare, warns an economist.
Mining companies have embraced Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's decision to push out the implementation of royalty legislation.
Treasury's decision to hike up spending even though tax revenues are set to decline in 2009 has been informed by reality, says Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.
Government has made the right move by focusing its efforts on the poor, says the Black Management Forum.
The SA Revenue Service has uncovered a multi-million rand VAT refund fraud scam.
Comair sees domestic prices falling on the back of the lower oil price.
New submarine cable systems should have a fundamental impact on African telecoms.
Joe Meyer looks at the probability that gold has already hit its high for 2009.
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During the course of 2009 the repo rate could drop to as low as 7%.
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