# SECTION27 has issued a sharp criticism of the latest Adjustment Budget, saying it offers little in the way of meaningful change for the users of the public healthcare and education systems. It notes the reprioritisation of 38.1-billion-rand through the Targeted and Responsible Savings Programme. In basic education, the adjustment proposes a net cut of 309-million-rand […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die Mini-begroting is progressief en daarop gemik om Suid-Afrika se finansies te bestendig, ekonomiese groei te versterk en burgers se probleme aan te spreek. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het die groeivooruitsig vir 2026 verlaag van 1,6-persent tot 1,2-persent, en nog 38,1-miljard-rand se besparing oor die medium termyn geïdentifiseer. […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê ’n welkome teenwig in die mini-begroting is die belastinginkomste wat hoër as verwag was, asook die bestendiging van die begrotingstekort en die gepaardgaande staatskuld. Die minister van finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het ’n afwaartse hersiening van die regering se ekonomiese groeivoorspelling vir 2026 aangekondig, van die 1,6-persent wat in die Februarie-begroting […]
# Union federation SAFTU has rejected the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, accusing the National Treasury of imposing devastating neoliberalism and austerity measures on a struggling population. The government announced a downward revision of its economic growth forecast for this year to 1.2-percent from 1.6-percent projected in the February budget. Growth is expected to reach two-percent […]
# The MK Party says it will not be fooled by temporary unsustainable measures presented in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, amidst a long-standing economic crisis. The party’s Kwenza Madlala says the only acceptable budgetary provision is one which places employment creation at the centre and facilitates economic growth. He says the temporary relief on […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU het teleurstelling uitgespreek met die Mini-begroting en sê die regering het ʼn geleentheid misgeloop om streng maatreëls in te stel om Suid-Afrika se maatskaplik-ekonomiese probleme aan te spreek. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het die begroting gister in die Parlement voorgelê. Hy sê die land se skuld is bestendig, en […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says a welcome counterbalance in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is the higher-than-projected tax revenue and the stabilisation of the budget deficit and associated government debt. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced a downward revision of the government’s economic growth forecast for 2026 to 1.2-percent from 1.6-percent projected in the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement as a progressive budget, aimed at stabilising South Africa’s finances, strengthening economic growth and addressing the challenges faced by citizens. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana cut the 2026 growth forecast to 1.2-percent from 1.6-percent, and also identified a further 38.1-billion-rand in savings over the […]
# Union federation COSATU has expressed disappointment with the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, saying government missed an opportunity to introduce bold measures to address South Africa’s deepening socio-economic challenges. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the budget in Parliament yesterday, where he stated that the country’s debt has stabilised while announcing a temporary fuel levy relief. COSATU’s […]
