BUDGET: MK Party slams budget as a betrayal of the poor, not reform [SOUND]

# The MK Party says the fifth medium-term budget policy statement fails to address South Africa’s most pressing issues, including unemployment, inequality, poverty, and the land question. The party criticises the National Treasury’s gross domestic product projections as overly optimistic and warns current spending priorities favour debt repayment over the needs of the poor. MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela rejects the budget as a continuation of economic apartheid, vowing to fight for a people-centred, developmental fiscal model: