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AfDB, Rwanda launch $9 million nature‑based flood adaptation project

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of Rwanda have launched a new nature‑based flood adaptation programme aimed at strengthening community resilience in the country’s western region, which has experienced increasingly destructive floods and landslides in recent years.

SA’s opposition slams budget growth plan

SA opposition Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema, has criticised the 2026 national budget

SA budget deficit narrows as debt set to stabilise

National Treasury says it is making progress in narrowing SA’s budget deficit to 4.5 % of gross domestic product for the 2025/26 financial year

SA Minister raises tobacco, alcohol excise duties

SA Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, has announced increases in tobacco and alcohol excise

SA off FATF greylist as debt stabilises: Minister

South Africa’s Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, is delivering the 2026 Budget Speech in Cape Town

SA protesters demand “People’s Budget” ahead of national allocation

Activist group, People Against Budget Cuts, has called for a fully funded public service to address growing vacancies across SA’s public sector