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Stepping up: A Treasury you can Invest in

Honourable Speaker, Premier and Cabinet Colleagues, Members of this House, Officials of the Provincial Treasury, Residents of Western Cape...

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2025 Western Cape Provincial Budget

On 27 March 2025, the Western Cape Minister of Finance, Deidré Baartman, tabled a R269.524 billion budget for the 2025 Medium-Term...

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VAT increases are a betrayal of hardworking Western Cape residents

The decision to increase Value-Added Tax (VAT) by 1 percentage point, over the next two financial years is a betrayal of the hardworking...

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Western Cape Government publishes first-of-its-kind Municipal Budget Performance Review

The Western Cape Provincial Treasury officially published the 2023/24 Municipal Budget Performance Review today. This first-of-its-kind...

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This is how the National Budget postponement will impact the WC Budget

The postponement of the 2025 National Budget tabling to 12 March 2025 will have implications for the tabling of all provincial government...

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2024/25 Budget Vote 3: A Provincial Treasury you can trust

Speech by Deidré Baartman Minister of Finance Vote 3: Adjustment Budget Debate Western Cape Provincial Parliament Cape Town 06 December 2024...

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Minister Baartman Speech: 2024/25 Adjustment Budget Second Reading Debate

Honourable Speaker, On Tuesday, 26 November 2024, I tabled the Western Cape’s 2024/25 Adjustments Budget. This Budget is tabled in the...

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Western Cape maintains lowest unemployment rate in SA

Joint Media Release: Western Cape maintains the lowest unemployment rate in SA, with 82,000 more people employed year-on-year. According to...

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Western Cape leads with biggest decrease in unemployment year-on-year

Joint Media Release: Western Cape leads with the biggest decrease in unemployment year-on-year According to the Quarterly Labour Force...

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Western Cape 2023/24 MTBPS and Adjustments Budget: A Budget to Build Your Future

Today, provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Mireille Wenger, tabled the 2023/24 Western Cape Medium-Term Budget Policy...

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