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News - Archives - 2012

21 Dec

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 November 2012

14 Dec

Banks Act: Regulations relating to banks

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11 Dec

Press Release: Tax treatment of RSA Governmement Bonds issued to non-South African residents

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05 Dec

	Press Release : 2012/13 Municipal Budget Information : First Quarter Financial Results as at 30 September 2012
	Media Statement: Market- Making Obligations by Primary Dealers in RSA Government Bonds during December 2012	(179kb)

04 Dec

	Draft Treasury Regulations for Public Comment	(1,596kb)
	Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 Nov 2012	(74kb)
	Media Statement: Business Day gets it wrong on The Jobs Fund	(145kb)

30 Nov

	Local Government adopted Capital and Operating Expenditure budgets for the 2012/13 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF)
	The state of local government finances and financial management as at 30 June 2012
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 October 2012

29 Nov

Media Statement: Provincial Budgets: 2012/13 Financial Year Mid-Term Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report

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28 Nov

Media Statement: North Gauteng High Court dismisses urgent application against National Treasury

(76kb)

21 Nov

Media Statement: Obligation of Primary Dealers in fixed rate Government bonds to provide Liquidity in the secondary market on the R2048

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14 Nov

Draft Explanatory Memorandum on the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill 2012

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12 Nov

	Address by the Honourable Minister of Finance: Pravin Gordhan, Institute of International Finance "Inaugural Africa Financial Summit, Cape Town, 12 November , 2012"	(204kb)
	The Credit Ratings Services Bill as adopted by the National Assembly in Parliament 1 November 2012, and referred to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for concurrence.	(128kb)
	The Financial Markets Bill as adopted by the National Assembly in Parliament 6 November 2012, and referred to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for concurrence.	(415kb)

02 Nov

	Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Oct 2012	(70kb)
	Media Statement: Joint Statement by National Treasury and the Department of Health on allegations that National Treasury endorsed the purchase of a property in Limpopo for more than its value.	(109kb)
	Media Statement: Statement by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on the election of SARS Senior Executive Kosie Louw as Chair of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for tax purposes	(55kb)

01 Nov

Media Statement: Joint statement by the Minister of Finance and the chairperson of the Banking Association of South Africa: Ensuring responsible market conduct for bank lending

(128kb)

30 Oct

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 September 2012

25 Oct

	2012 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
	Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2012	(3,707kb)

22 Oct

2012 Tax Statistics

15 Oct

Media Statement: National Treasury’s response to Standard and Poor’s downgrade of South Africa’s long-term foreign currency and long-term local currency credit ratings

(177kb)

09 Oct

Speech by the Honourable Minister of Finance: Pravin Gordhan, 2012 Annual Conference of the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers

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04 Oct

	Media Statement: Incentives for Household Savings and Tax Treat of Retirement Savings	(78kb)
	Incentivising non-retirement savings	(695kb)
	Improving tax incentives for retirement savings	(1,145kb)

03 Oct

Media Statement: Government grants SAA request for R5 billion guarantee

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02 Oct

	Address to the Board of the International Banking Federation (IBFed) by Nhlanhla Nene, Deputy Minister Of Finance - "Global Challenges and Emerging Economies"	(131kb)
	Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 Sept 2012	(183kb)

28 Sep

	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 August 2012
	Media Statement: National Treasury statement on Moody’s Investor Services (Moody’s) revision of South Africa’s government bond rating	(156kb)

27 Sep

Media Statement: Tabling of the Financial Services Laws General Amendment Bill, 2012

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Financial Services Laws General Amendment Bill, 2012

Speech by the Honourable Minister of Finance: Pravin Gordhan, Alliance for Financial Inclusion, GLOBAL POLICY FORUM - "Making Financial Inclusion Real"

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26 Sep

Media Statement: The 2012 AFI (Alliance for Financial Inclusion) GLOBAL POLICY FORUM

(234kb)

21 Sep

	Joint Statement: Ministers of Finance of South Africa and Zimbabwe, Cooperation between the Governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe	(171kb)
	Media Statement: Household Savings and Retirement Reform Discussion Papers	(107kb)
	Enabling a better income in retirement	(1,116kb)
	Preservation portability and governance	(748kb)

18 Sep

Debt Management Report 2011/12

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13 Sep

	Press Release: THE REGULATION OF HEDGE FUNDS IN SOUTH AFRICA - A proposed framework issued by the National Treasury and Financial Services Board	(266kb)
	Annexure to the Regulation of Hedge Funds in South Africa - A proposed framework, September 2012	(760kb)

12 Sep

Media Statement: National Treasury to stop further transfers to Nala Local Municipality in the Free State

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11 Sep

Draft Response document for Taxation Laws Amendment Bill 2012

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10 Sep

Media Statement: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to meet Zimbabwean counterpart

(124kb)

05 Sep

Media Statement: Secondary market making obligation on the R2023 (7.75%:2023) by Primary Dealers in fixed rate government bonds of the Republic of South Africa

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04 Sep

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Aug 2012

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31 Aug

	URGENT Joint Media Statement: Proposed addition to 2012 Tax Laws Amendment Bills to close Tax avoidance schemes related to the Dividends Tax	(117)
	Annexure to the Joint Dividend Scheme - Income Tax Amendment 31 August 2012	(53kb)
	Press Release: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Fourth Quarter Local Government Section 71 Report For the period: 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	(242)

30 Aug

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 July 2012

28 Aug

	Media Statement: Negotiations with Swaziland	(39kb)
	Related Question relating to the Swaziland negotiations: Reply to PQ 157 [NO2404E]	(7kb)

27 Aug

	Media Statement: Finance Minister’s meeting with the Banking Industry	(187kb)
	Media Advisory: Photo Opportunity with Finance Minister Pravin Gordan and Bank Heads	(199kb)

23 Aug

	Media Statement: The International Monetary Fund Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation with South Africa	(203kb)
	2012 IMF Article IV Report
	Provincial Budgets: 2012/13 Financial Year First Quarter Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report	(238kb)

21 Aug

Speech by the Honourable Deputy Minister of Finance: Nhlanhla Nene, Banking Summit, Banking Association - "The role of banks in infrastructure development"

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20 Aug

Address to the Woolworths Board by Nhlanhla Nene, Deputy Minister Of Finance - “The evolution of fiscal and monetary policies in South Africa”

(185kb)

10 Aug

Media Alert: Minister of Finance's warning on letters or emails purporting to be from his office

(54kb)

09 Aug

Media Statement: Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, on the appointment Of Mr R. Shaik as the CEO of the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s International Division

(76kb)

02 Aug

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 July 2012

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30 Jul

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 June 2012

12 Jul

	Media Statement: Response to media reports about the City of Tshwane’s Bond issue	(65kb)
	Speech by Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, Southern African Institute of Professional Accountant’s Conference, Birchhood, Boksburg, Gauteng	(84kb)

09 Jul

Speech by Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, XVIth World Economic History Congress, University of Stellenbosch

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05 Jul

	Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, United Nations Development Cooperation Forum, New York	(179kb)
	Media Statement: Taxation Laws Amendment Bills, 2012: General Overview	(219kb)
	Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bills, 2012: Documents for public comments

03 Jul

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 June 2012

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29 Jun

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 May 2012

18 Jun

Media Statement: IMF Resources

(179kb)

05 Jun

Press Release: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Third Quarter Local Government Section 71 Report For the period: 1 July 2011 - 31 March 2012

(206kb)

04 Jun

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 May 2012

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01 Jun

Media Alert: Treasury will be hosting a Media workshop on the Local Government Revenue and Expenditure Reports that the Treasury publishes quarterly

(78kb)

31 May

Press Release: Government Bond Switch Auctions Calendar for 2012

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30 May

	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 April 2012
	Press Release: 2011/12 Provincial Budgets: Fourth Quarter Year to Date Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report (Preliminary Outcome)	(82kb)

18 May

	National Treasury Budget Vote Speech by Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance	(109kb)
	National Treasury Budget Vote Speech by Nhlanhla Nene, Deputy Minister of Finance	(142kb)

14 May

	Media Statement: Strengthening Retirement Savings: Overview of the 2012 Budget proposals	(152kb)
	Retirement savings discussion paper	(932kb)
	Retirement savings discussion Draft Proposals presentation	(727kb)

11 May

Media Advisory: Finance Minister to address Media on Retirement Reforms

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09 May

Media Statement: Taxation of Capital Gains

(53kb)

07 May

Media Statement: National Treasury will not discuss SANRAL in Parliament on Tuesday

(103kb)

03 May

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 April 2012

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30 Apr

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 March 2012

23 Apr

Media Statement: National Treasury files papers to intervene in the application to interdict collection of tolls on some roads in Gauteng

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17 Apr

Media Statement: Comment on the possible inclusion of South African Government Bonds in Citigroup's World Government Bond Index

(69kb)

16 Apr

	Media Statement: Effective date of increased capital gains tax rates for long-term insurers and related matters	(208kb)
	Press Statement: Explanatory statement on health insurance products/medical scheme dermacation	(177kb)

13 Apr

Speech by Director-General of the National Treasury Lungisa Fuzile at the Reuters Economist of the year breakfast

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12 Apr

Speech by Deputy Minister Nene to Legae Breakfast

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04 Apr

Financial Markets Bill

03 Apr

	Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 March 2012	(132kb)
	Media Statement: Extension of public comment on the Financial Services Laws General Amendment Bill, 2012	(113kb)

30 Mar

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 29 February 2012

29 Mar

Media Statement: National Treasury's statement on Standard & Poor's ratings comment

(137kb)

28 Mar

Regulation Gazette No. 35188: Regulations prescribing the circumstances under which section 23k(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, does not apply

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27 Mar

African Union Commission (AUC) Communiqu� on the Candidacy of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post of World Bank President

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22 Mar

Media Statement by the Angolan Minister of Planning and the Finance Ministers of Nigeria and South Africa

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13 Mar

	Media Statement: National Budget Review, 2012: Taxation of divorce order-related Retirement benefits	(119kb)
	Media Statement: Technical Corrections Website Release, 2012	(186kb)
	Related Documents: Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2012
	Introductory speech by the Minister of Finance: Rates and Monetary amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill, 2012	(157kb)
	Media Statement: Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill, 2012	(216kb)
	Related Documents: Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill, 2012
	Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Data Request

12 Mar

Minister Gordhan's statement on Mr Twine's passing away

(120kb)

09 Mar

	Media Release: Transfer of Pensioners to GEMS	(108kb)
	Media Release: Draft Financial Services Laws General Amendment Bill, 2012	(204kb)
	Draft Financial Services Laws General Amendment Bill, 2012 and Supporting documents

08 Mar

Press Release : 2011/12 Municipal Budget Information : Second Quarter Financial Results as at 31 December 2011

02 Mar

	Media Statement: Minister of Finance releases draft regulations on the demarcation between Health Insurance Policies and Medical Schemes	(49kb)
	Draft Demarcation Regulations
	Media Alert: Invitation to the Limpopo Province Budget	(76kb)
	Provisional Financing Figures as at 29 February 2012	(173kb)

01 Mar

Communiqué: Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, Mexico City, 25-26 February 2012

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29 Feb

	Press Release: 3rd Quarter Year to Date Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report	(99kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 January 2012

24 Feb

Media Statement: Protecting the integrity of the Short-term Insurance Ombud’s Office

(185kb)

22 Feb

Budget 2012

21 Feb

View the Webcast of the Budget Speech 2012

02 Feb

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 January 2012

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30 Jan

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 December 2011

19 Jan

Media Statement: Joint Ministerial team on Limpopo Section 100 intervention

(185kb)

18 Jan

Media Alert: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and National Ministers to address media on Limpopo S100 intervention

(136kb)

13 Jan

Media Release:Fitch Ratings affirms South Africa’s long-term foreign credit rating at ‘BBB+’ and local currency credit rating at ‘A’: Outlook Revised to Negative from Stable

(239kb)

10 Jan

	Media Statement: Minister of Finance meets with Limpopo Premier for the implementation of S100 intervention	(148kb)
	Press Release: South Africa prices US$1.5 billion 12 year global bond	(104kb)

04 Jan

	Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 December 2011	(132kb)
	Publication of Final Binder Regulations