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The National Treasury is responsible for managing South Africa's national government finances.

Supporting efficient and sustainable public financial management is fundamental to the promotion of economic development, good governance, social progress and a rising standard of living for all South Africans. The Constitution of the Republic (Chapter 13) mandates the National Treasury to ensure transparency, accountability and sound financial controls in the management of public finances. (more)

Latest News

01 Aug

Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene’s speech at the University of Fort Hare

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31 Jul

Address to the Old Mutual board dinner: The role of the private sector in implementing the National Development Plan, Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene

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30 Jun

	Joint Media Statement by the Ministers of Finance and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) on the Consolidated General Report on Local Government Audit Outcome for 2012/13	(358kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 June 2014

28 Jul

Media Statement: Conditional hand-over of the Limpopo administration to the Provincial Executive

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24 Jul

Response to the Debate On The Appropriation Bill, Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene

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23 Jul

FAQ's on the BRICS Summit

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21 Jul

	Speech by the Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Budget Vote 10: National Treasury	(234kb)
	Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, Budget Vote Speech	(280kb)

18 Jul

	Speech by Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Transforming the South African economy to increase competitiveness and innovation	(121kb)
	Media Statement: South Africa launches two bonds in international capital markets	(150kb)

17 Jul

	Media Statement: 2014 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill	(122kb)
	2014 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill documents
	Media Statement: Establishment of BRICS Development Bank and CRA at sixth BRICS summit	(42kb)

16 Jul

Sixth BRICS Summit: Fortaleza Declaration

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14 Jul

	Media Statement: Release of Davis Tax Committee SME report for public comment	(213kb)
	Davis Tax Committee SME Report for Public Comment - 14 July 2014	(634kb)

11 Jul

	Media Statement: Proposed amendments to Insurance Binder regulations for public comment	(125kb)
	Insurance Binder Regulations Notice	(1,325kb)

09 Jul

	Press Release: Statement on the Impact of the Proposed Retirement Reforms	(162kb)
	FAQ on Retirement Reform	(257kb)
	The National Treasury has extended the deadline for submission of comments on the second draft Demarcation Regulations to 31 July 2014 from 7 July 2014	(440kb)

04 Jul

	Press Release: Proposed regulations for over-the-counter derivatives	(177kb)
	Proposed regulations for over-the-counter derivatives policy statement and Draft FMA Regulation for public comment

03 Jul

	Media Statement: Request for public comment on a Technical Report on the Consumer Credit Insurance Market in South Africa	(197kb)
	Technical Report on the Consumer Credit Insurance Market in South Africa and related documents

03 Jul

Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, Launch of the 2014 Savings Month

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02 Jul

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 Jun 2014

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01 Jul

Speech by Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Reuters’ Economist of the Year

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30 Jun

	Media Statement: Appointment of Rand Merchant Bank, ABSA/Barclays, and Citi Bank as joint-lead managers and Investec as co-lead manager to arrange the issuance of a foreign currency denominated bond	(163kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 May 2014

24 Jun

Speech by Minister of Finance , Nhlanhla Nene, 2014 KPMG Executive Forum on Africa

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13 Jun

	Presentation on SA’s long-term fiscal choices, 13 June 2014	(2,079kb)
	Media Statement: Standard and Poor’s lowers South Africa’s ratings, revises outlook to stable	(167kb)
	Media Statement: Fitch affirms South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency ratings, revises outlook to negative from stable	(140kb)

11 Jun

Media Release: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Third Quarter Local Government - Section 71 Report - For the period: 1 July 2013 – 31 March 2014

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10 Jun

	Media Statement: 2014 Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill and First Batch of the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill	(99kb)
	Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill, 2014 and Explanatory Memorandum
	First Batch of the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2014 for public comments