National Treasury

Press Releases - 2016

23 Dec

Media Statement: Update on Adjustment of the Import Duty (Tariff) on Wheat and Proposed Review of the Variable Import Duty (Tariff) Formula on Wheat

(16kb)

20 Dec

Media Statement: Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance Calls for Public Submissions on the Insurance Bill, 2016

(106kb)

14 Dec

Media Statement and related documents: Local Government adopted Capital and Operating Expenditure budgets for the 2016/17 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF)

13 Dec

Media Statement: National Treasury bids farewell to Chief Procurement Officer Mr Kenneth Brown

(182kb)

09 Dec

	Media Statement and supporting documents: Revised Draft Default Regulations: Lowering charges and improving market conduct for Retirement Funds
	Media Statement and related documents: Transforming the Insurance Sector: More suitable and accessible Insurance products for South African consumers - Invitation for public comment on Draft Insurance Regulations	(1,922kb)
	Media Statement: Office of Chief Procurement Officer Join Forces to Reduce Costs and Enhance Efficiency in the Public Sector	(169kb)

07 Dec

Media Statement: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan met Rt Honorable Philip Hammond

(276kb)

02 Dec

Media Statement: S&P Global Ratings (S&P) affirms South Africa’s foreign currency debt rating, but lowers local currency debt rating

(204kb)

25 Nov

	Media Statement: Moody’s leaves South Africa’s government bond long and short term ratings of ‘Baa2 / P-2’ unchanged	(214kb)
	Media Statement: Fitch affirms South Africa’s ratings at BBB- and revises the outlook	(249kb)
	Information on rating agency & implications	(349kb)
	Investment Grading Pamphlet	(169kb)

24 Nov

Media Statement: National Treasury Supports the National Minimum Wage Report

(200kb)

22 Nov

	Media Statement: Clarity on Reports that Treasury is Investigating a Sars Unit	(120kb)
	Audio: Spokesperson Yolisa Tyantsi	(186kb)

21 Nov

Media Statement: Telkom and Government Cooperation Saves Government Hundreds of Millions of Rands Per Year

(203kb)

18 Nov

Media Statement: National Treasury Views on the Delay in the Adoption of the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill

(118kb)

11 Nov

Video: Minister Pravin Gordhan’s interview as recipient of the TOP 100 companies Business Leader of the year award

(206mb)

10 Nov

	Media Statement: Publication of the Carbon Tax Modelling Report	(332kb)
	Carbon Tax Modelling

04 Nov

Thank You Letter from Minister Pravin Gordhan

(298kb)

03 Nov

Media Statement: Inviting Technical Tax Proposals for Annexure C for the 2017 Budget Review

(98kb)

28 Oct

Media Statement: Draft Demarcation Regulations tabled in Parliament and related documents

26 Oct

	MTBPS 2016
	Media Statement: National Treasury launches Open Local Government Budget Data Portal – “Municipal Money”	(326kb)
	Media Advisory: MTBPS 2016 Press Conference	(74kb)

21 Oct

Media Statement: Oakbay Attacks on Treasury Court Application

(119kb)

16 Oct

	Notice of Motion and Founding Affidavit: Minister Pravin Gordhan	(509kb)
	7 500 Potential Job Losses at Oakbay Investments & Our Portfolio Companies	(2,432kb)

14 Oct

	Media Statement: Statement by Gildenhuys Malatji on behalf of Minister Pravin Gordhan	(119kb)
	Media Advisory: MTBPS 2016	(219kb)

11 Oct

	Media Statement: Summons issued against Minister Pravin	(131kb)
	Statement by Gildenhuys Malatji on behalf of Minister Pravin Gordhan	(202kb)
	Summons	(687kb)
	Audio: Minister's lawyer Tebogo Malatji	(1,520kb)
	Audio: Spokesperson Yolisa Tyantsi	(691kb)

09 Oct

Media Statement: South Africa named best country for Debt Management/Soverign Bond Issuance in Sub-Saharan Africa

(91kb)

05 Oct

Media Statement: Allegations Against Chief Procurement Officer

(77kb)

30 Sep

	Media Statement: Launch of Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme	(342kb)
	Tax Free Savings Accounts Regulation Amendments	(509kb)
	Media Statement: South Africa issues two new bonds and conducts switch and tender offer	(79kb)

25 Sep

	Media Statement: 2016 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (Second Batch): Request for Public Comments on draft bill including Employment and Learnership Tax Incentives	(194kb)
	2016 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and 2016 draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill (2nd Batch)

22 Sep

Media Statement: Postponement of the Implementation Date of the Environmental Tyre Levy

(145kb)

20 Sep

Media Statement: National Treasury Position on Fees Matter

(173kb)

15 Sep

Media Statement: Suspension of Jonas Makwakwa

(119kb)

14 Sep

Media Advisory: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will present the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to Parliament on 26 October 2016

(222kb)

13 Sep

Media Statement: Minister of Finance Extends the Term of Office of the Tax OMBUD

(230kb)

12 Sep

Media Statement: Financial and Fiscal Commission

(173kb)

09 Sep

	Media Statement: Finance Minister meets new SAA Board	(259kb)
	Media Advisory: Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan and Deputy Minister Mcebisi Jonas will meet with the new South African Airways board this afternoon at the Treasury offices	(53kb)
	Media Statement: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Fourth Quarter Local Government Section 71 Report (Preliminary results) For the period: 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016	(805kb)

29 Aug

Media Statement: Eskom Contracts

(234kb)

26 Aug

	Media Statement: Progress of Employment Tax Incentive (ETI)	(190kb)
	Employment tax incentive descriptive report (ETI)	(921kb)

24 Aug

	Media Statement: Media Statement by the Minister of Finance Mr Pravin Gordhan on the matter relating to Hawks	(171kb)
	Related Documents to the Hawks Media Statement	(899kb)

08 Aug

	Media Statement: Government to Maintain Policy Continuity	(99kb)
	Voice Clip by Director-General Lungisa Fuzile	(2,195kb)

05 Aug

Media Statement: Purchase of Intergrated Financial Management System Software Licences Concluded

(197kb)

04 Aug

Media Statement: Service providers for an Integrated Financial Management and Internal Control System for Local Government appointed

(183kb)

29 Jul

Media Statement and related Documents: Section 32 Provincial Financial Publication and Media Release (In-year Management, Monitoring and Reporting)

26 Jul

Media Advisory: Minister of Finance upcoming Speaking Engagements

(136kb)

Media Statement: Fitch Ratings aligns South Africa’s Long-term Local Currency rating to the Long-term Foreign Currency rating

(253kb)

21 Jul

	Press statement: New Development Bank First Annual Meetings 20-21 July 2016	(170kb)
	Press statement: Publication update for Twin Peaks financial sector regulatory reform programme	(254kb)
	Twin Peaks Financial Sector Regulation Bill documents
	OTC Derivatives and other documents

20 Jul

Media Statement and related Documents: Revised Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme in respect of offshore assets and income

19 Jul

Media Advisory: David Lipton, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund will give a public lecturer at University of Witwatersrand titled "Bridging South Africa’s economic divide". Monale Ratsoma Deputy Director-General for Economic Policy at National Treasury will be doing closing remarks at the event.

(113kb)

14 Jul

Media Statement: Update on South African Airways.

(78kb)

Media Advisory: Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan will give an address at the Illicit Financial Flows Tax Conference at the University of Pretoria.

(156kb)

13 Jul

Media Statement: National Treasury rolls out training on mSCOA.

(183kb)

11 Jul

Media Advisory: Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan to address delegates at the inaugural Public Finance Winter School cocktail tonight

(53kb)

08 Jul

	Media Statement - Proposals on the Taxation Sugar Sweetened Beverages
	2016 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill

07 Jul

Media Statement and report: The IMF Article IV Report for the 2016 consultation with South Africa

27 Jun

Media Statement and related documents: Report to the constitutional court on nkandla

20 Jun

Media Statement and related documents: Publication of the Draft Regulations on the Carbon Offset for public comment

16 Jun

Media Statement: Proposed new Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2016: Request for public comments and related draft regulations

14 Jun

Media Advisory: Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan will engage in a conversation with Sadhguru, Founder of Isha Foundation on Inner Engineering - Directing Your Destiny, and in celebration of Youth Month.

(108kb)

08 Jun

Media Statement: Fitch Ratings affirms South Africa’s rating, keeps outlook stable

(139kb)

07 Jun

Media Statement: Third Quarter Local Government Section 71 Report For the period: 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016

(343kb)

03 Jun

Media Statement: S&P Global Ratings affirms South Africa’s rating, keeps outlook negative

(123kb)

24 May

	Media Advisory: Minister of Finance to address delegates at the Southern African Metals Engineering Indaba	(75kb)
	Media Statement: President signs Revenue Laws Amendment Act into law to postpone annuitisation for provident funds	(100kb)

19 May

Media Statement: National Treasury work on Nkandla in progress

(213kb)

17 May

Media Statement: Statement by the Minister of Finance

(176kb)

09 May

Media Statement: Clarity on Moody’s ratings outlook

(220kb)

07 May

Media Statement: Moody’s affirms South Africa’s ratings

(200kb)

29 Apr

Media Statement: Statement by the Minister of Finance on the extension of contract of Mr Fuzile

(175kb)

13 Apr

Media Statement: Statement on reports that Denel established a joint venture

(221kb)

12 Apr

Media Statement: Special voluntary disclosure programme in respect of offshore ssets and income: Request for public comments and related Bills

08 Apr

	Media Statement: Adjustment of the import duty (tariff) on wheat and proposed review of the variable import duty (tariff) formula on wheat	(180kb)
	Media Statement: South Africa issues new US$1.25 billion 10-year bond	(172kb)

06 Apr

	Media Statement: Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management	(215kb)
	Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management	(1,158kb)

05 Apr

Media Statement: Minister of Finance instructs investigations into offshore holdings

(172kb)

04 Apr

Media Statement: Statement on the Chief Procurement Officer’s term in office

(219kb)

01 Apr

Media Statement: Release of the preliminary revenue outcome numbers

(181kb)

30 Mar

Media Statement: Minister of Finance responds to the Hawks

(260kb)

16 Mar

	Media Statement: Statement by Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. Mcebisi Jonas (MP)	(186kb)
	Video link to the statement of Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. Mcebisi Jonas (MP)

15 Mar

	Media Statement: In respect of the statement released by The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI)	(186kb)
	Revenue Laws Amendment Bill 2016
	Draft Response Document from National Treasury to SCOF on the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, 2016	(86kb)
	Presentation to Parliament: Standing and Select Committees on Finance Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, 2016	(469kb)

14 Mar

	Media Statement: Report back on last week’s international roadshow	(165kb)
	Media Advisory: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will hold a press briefing on Monday 14 March 2016 in Johannesburg	(23kb)

13 Mar

Statement by the Minister of Finance: Hawks harassment must stop in the interests of justice

(118kb)

11 Mar

Joint Media Statement National Treasury, Reserve Bank and Financial Services Board

(167kb)

09 Mar

Media Statement: Response to Moody’s decision to review South Africa’s rating

(209kb)

08 Mar

	Press Release: Tax free savings accounts transfers	(95kb)
	Income Tax Act (58/1962): Regulations in terms of Section 12T(8) (Gazette 39765)	(1,818kb)
	Regulations in terms of section 12T(8) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, on the requirements for tax free investment	(127kb)

07 Mar

	Media Statement: Progress report on the work of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer	(179kb)
	SCM Review Update - 2016	(248kb)

04 Mar

	Media Statement: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Second Quarter Local Government Section 71 Report For the period: 1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015	(531kb)
	Government Gazette No. 39770: Publication of National Treasury's Language Policy	(1,972kb)

02 Mar

	Letter to the Hawks from the Minister of Finance	(154kb)
	Media Statement: Minister of Finance and Governor of the Reserve Bank	(160kb)

29 Feb

Media Statement: Consultation on report received from curator of African Bank LTD

(173kb)

26 Feb

	Media Statement: Statement by the Minister of Finance	(268kb)
	Media Statement: Clarity on Eskom transfers	(98kb)

24 Feb

	Media Statement: Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme in respect of offshore assets and income	(208kb)
	Media Statement: National Treasury reviewing all contracts above R10 million across government	(173kb)

18 Feb

Media Statement: Tax benefits continue, annuitisation postponed

(108kb)

16 Feb

	Media Statement: Update on South African Airways (SAA)	(153kb)
	Media Advisory: Budget 2016	(218kb)

01 Feb

	Media Statement - Tabling of the Insurance Bill, 2016 and related documents
	Media Advisory: Voice your views 2016	(171kb)

29 Jan

Media Statement: Closure of SAA operations between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi

(171kb)

20 Jan

Media Statement: Update on South African Airways

(170kb)

12 Jan

	Media Statement: 2015 Tax Laws signed into Law by the President	(20kb)
	The new 2015 Tax Laws signed into Law by the President and relevant Government Gazettes