A quarterly overview of fiscal indicators, highlighting the trends and composition of variables such as government revenue; government expenditure; the government deficit; and public sector saving, investment and debt.
13 September 2022
National Government’s gross loan debt had shown a strong uptrend over the past decade— especially over the latter two to three years.
14 February 2022
Government's primary balance—the surplus or deficit before interest rate expenses and one of the most important indicators of fiscal sustainability—showed a steady improvement to -0.
27 January 2021
Recently, government's cash-book deficit rose to a staggering R523 billion for the twelve months ended March 2020 or 10.
15 November 2019
As far as cash payments for government’s operating activities are concerned, interest payments have been the fastest growing item over the past decade, rising at 12.
16 September 2019
After registering a surplus between 1995 and 2008, Government's primary balance—the surplus or deficit before interest rate expenses and one of the most important indicators of fiscal sustainability—turned again into a deficit in 2009 and amounted to -3.
30 April 2019
Government revenue has been growing at a rate of 8.
27 July 2018
Over the past seven years, private businesses had to carry the savings can alone.
23 February 2018
Government's cash-book deficit amounted to R194 billion for the twelve months ended Sep 2017 which amounted to 4.
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