Economy and financial matters

The Western Cape Government welcomes the official reversal of the VAT increases as gazetted by National Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana...

Honourable Speaker, The Western Cape Government welcomes the scrapping of the VAT increase hike. It is not a neutral policy. It is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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