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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)

MTBPS
The Minister of Finance will on Wednesday afternoon (26 October 2016) table in Parliament the 2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).

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Latest News

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)

A National Minimum Wage for South Africa

(2,714kb)

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)

17 Nov

Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, 6th Congress of the Federation of Unions of South Africa

(201kb)

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

08 Nov

Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, 2016 ABSIP Financial Service Conference 08 November 2016, Johannesburg

(271kb)

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)

02 Nov

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 October 2016

(234kb)

28 Oct

	Media Statement: Draft Demarcation Regulations tabled in Parliament and related documents
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 September 2016

27 Oct

2016 Tax Bills

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)
	Advisory: Twin Peaks Update	(255kb)
	Twin Peaks Financial Sector Regulation Bill documents

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

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05 Oct

	Debt Management Report 2015/16	(1,812kb)
	Media Statement: Allegations Against Chief Procurement Officer	(77kb)

04 Oct

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 September 2016

(234kb)

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)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 August 2016

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)

02 Sep

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 August 2016

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30 Aug

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 July 2016

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)

23 Aug

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

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

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04 Aug

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

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02 Aug

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 July 2016

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01 Aug

Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, 2016 Association of Black Security and Investment Proffesionals Transformation for Sustainable Growth

(208kb)

29 Jul

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 June 2016

26 Jul

Media Advisory: Minister of Finance upcoming Speaking Engagements

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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.

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14 Jul

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

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Media Statement: Update on South African Airways.

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Speech by Minister Of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, High Level Conference on Illicit Financial Flows: Inter-Agency Cooperation and Good Tax Governance in Africa Organized In Cooperation with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

(78kb)

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

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08 Jul

	Media Statement - Proposals on the Taxation Sugar Sweetened Beverages
	Policy Paper and Proposals on the Taxation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages - 8 July 2016
	Media Statement: 2016 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill
	2016 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and 2016 draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill

Speech by Minister Of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, We design 2016 Conference, SA Institute of Architects KZN Durban City Hall

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07 Jul

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

04 Jul

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 June 2016

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30 Jun

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 May 2016

27 Jun

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

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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.

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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)
	Speech by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan Gauteng Economic Indaba 7 June 2016, Johannesburg	(144kb)

03 Jun

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

(123kb)

02 Jun

	Government Gazette 40035 dated 2 June 2016 - Publication of allocations to pre-election municipalities in terms of Section 38 of the Division of Revenue Act	(2,274kb)
	Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 May 2016	(131kb)
	Speech by Director General, Mr Lungisa Fuzile, Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA)	(183kb)

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