BUDGET: GOOD Party criticises ongoing state-owned enterprise bailouts [SOUND]

# The GOOD Party says the economy is steady, with debt stabilising at 77.9-percent and a lower inflation target providing relief for investors and households. The party states economic growth is sluggish at 1.2-percent, expected to reach only 1.8-percent by 2028, leaving poverty and inequality unresolved. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron also criticised the Denel bailout, citing that the government has not done enough to support vulnerable people: