BUDGET: DA welcomes budget changes but calls for more ambitious growth plans [SOUND]

# The DA says the government needs faster and more ambitious economic reforms to boost growth and create jobs. The party welcomes the National Treasury’s plans to stabilise government debt, but the economic growth forecast of 1.2-percent is too low to make a meaningful difference to unemployment. The DA’s Kingsley Wakelin calls for reforms in electricity, ports and rail, as well as less red tape to attract investment: