EFF maintains a longstanding rejection of the national budget [SOUND]

# The EEFF says it will not support the Appropriation Bill, maintaining its longstanding rejection of the national budget. Speaking in the National Assembly, the EFF’s Omphile Maotwe said the budget is designed to keep a fragile coalition government afloat rather than serve the people. Maotwe accused the government of national unity of using the budget to settle internal coalition disputes. She added the budget fails to address poverty, inequality, and unemployment: