LISTEN | Budget 2022 'positive for the consumer' - senior economist weighs in

23 February 2022 - 18:28
By Bulelani Nonyukela
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the 2022/23 budget on Wednesday afternoon.
Image: GCIS Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the 2022/23 budget on Wednesday afternoon.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his 2022/23 budget on Wednesday afternoon.

Senior economist at FNB, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, says it was a positive budget for the consumer.

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Mkhwanazi said this is critical for supporting the fragile economic recovery.

EFF members handed a memorandum of demands to minister Godongwana after the speech.

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