EDITORIAL | Godongwana delivers a 'boring' budget for extraordinary times
Finance minister did well with what he had, but the government dare not rely on unpredictable revenue windfalls to fund ambitious social programmes in future
24 February 2022 - 20:06
Before we disappear down the rabbit hole of depressing numbers and projections, it may help to sketch the context in which finance minister Enoch Godongwana in his maiden budget this week pencilled in a measly annual growth rate of 1.8% — against a global average of about 4% as economies recover with the Covid pandemic tapering off...
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