12 January 2009
The Minister of Finance, Mr Trevor A Manuel, MP will present the 2009 budget
to Parliament on February 11 2009. The National Treasury will arrange a
workshop for journalists (especially those who will be covering the budget for
the first time) to guide and assist them on how to work with the various
documents. The National Treasury and South African Revenue Service (SARS)
produce a host of different documents around the budget, namely:
* the budget speech
* the budget review
* Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE)
* Estimates of National Revenue (ENR)
* Division of Revenue Bill (DOR)
* Tax pocket guide from South African Revenue Service (SARS)
* tax proposal from SARS
* People's guide to the budget.
The workshop will include presentations by senior National Treasury and SARS
officials about some of the key areas of the budget that journalists may need
some guidance on. The same officials will be available to assist during the
lock-ups. We welcome your ideas and suggestions on topics you would like us to
cover and request that you bring along copies of the 2008 budget documents, as
these will be used throughout the workshop. Copies are available on the
website, http://www.treasury.gov.za.
Details of the workshop are as follows:
Date: Monday, 9 February 2009
Venue: Old Assembly, Parliament Cape Town
Time: 09:00
All journalists who would like to attend the workshop must please forward
their details to solanga.mbunyuza@treasury.gov.za
or call (012) 315 5645 before Friday, 30 January 2009.
Issued by: National Treasury
12 January 2009
