Godongwana has spoken, now the government must act
No surprises in new finance minister’s first policy speech
14 November 2021 - 00:01
The medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) tabled on Thursday had no surprises, after all. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana remarked that the only difference between him and former finance minister Tito Mboweni was that he had better shoes. Indeed, Godongwana has R120bn more revenue than Mboweni’s February budget, thanks to a cyclical commodity recovery and higher global economic growth and demand...
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