Godongwana gives us cause for cautious hope
Our shame is poverty, grinding and insuperable, and obvious everywhere
03 November 2024 - 00:02
There was something remarkable about finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) last Wednesday. I’m no expert in these things, but I heard no sweeping promises of money for state-owned companies, no signs of caving in to public service wage demands. Given the depth of our national distress, I was expecting something much more populist...
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