Budget Justice Coalition Archives

BUDGETING IN AN ERA OF AUSTERITY AND STATE CAPTURE: A FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF BUDGET POLICIES AND OUTCOMES

This submission is informed by a range of civil society organisations (CSOs) who are part of the Budget Justice Coalition, including the Alternative Information...

THE PEOPLE’S ADJUSTED BUDGET 2018-2019

What is the Adjusted Budget? Six months after the beginning of the financial year, an Adjusted Budget is tabled which shows how government is...

SUBMISSION BY THE BUDGET JUSTICE COALITION (BJC) ON THE 2018 MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT (MTBPS) & THE 2018 ADJUSTMENTS APPROPRIATION BILL TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

This submission is informed by a range of civil society organisations (CSOs) who are part of the Budget Justice Coalition (BJC), including the Alternative...

SUBMISSION BY THE BUDGET JUSTICE COALITION (BJC) ON THE 2018 MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT (MTBPS) TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES ON FINANCE

The primary purpose of this submission is to highlight areas within the selected programmes that are in need of concerted interventions in relation to...

SUBMISSION BY THE BUDGET JUSTICE COALITION ON THE REPORT OF THE PANEL OF EXPERTS ON MITIGATING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE VAT INCREASE FOR POOR AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

This submission is made in response to the call by National Treasury for public comment on the report by the Panel for the review...

SUBMISSION BY BUDGET JUSTICE COALITION WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENT LIST OF ZERO-RATED ITEMS, AND MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE INCREASE IN THE VAT RATE ON POOR AND LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

As civil society organisations (CSOs) we are concerned by the tax proposals made by the 2018 National Budget (‘the Budget’) and contained within the...

Press Statement: CIVIL SOCIETY PROPOSES ALTERNATIVE, PEOPLE-CENTERED BUDGET 20 February 2018

20 FEBRUARY 2018 PRESS RELEASE CIVIL SOCIETY PROPOSES ALTERNATIVE, PEOPLE-CENTERED BUDGET Broad collective of socio-economic rights organisations offer example of a budget which takes...