# The ANC has welcomed the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, specifically praising the ten-billion-rand fuel relief and the continued backing for over 18-million social grant recipients. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the budget in Parliament yesterday, where he announced a reduction in the general fuel levy. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the minister is correct to say that the goal is not simply to spend more; it is to spend better, and every rand must work harder for the people:
BUDGET: Mbalula says the ANC supports the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement without hesitation [SOUND]
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