TOM EATON | All eyes on Godongwana as he devises value added tactics

The minister’s speech will be one of the most closely — and suspiciously — watched in recent years

21 February 2025 - 04:30

The dramatic events of Tuesday and Wednesday, which saw the budget speech cancelled at the last minute, have once again got South Africans wondering: has anyone in the ANC gone outside the golf estate’s gate in the last 10 years?..

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