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WATCH: Tito Mboweni’s 2021 budget speech

Watch the live stream of the much anticipated 2021/2022 budget speech in parliament below

24 February 2021 - 13:30
Finance minister Tito Mboweni arrives at Parliament in Cape Town ahead of his 2021 budget speech on February 24 2021. Picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE
Finance minister Tito Mboweni arrives at Parliament in Cape Town ahead of his 2021 budget speech on February 24 2021. Picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE

Finance minister Tito Mboweni presents, arguably, the most difficult budget since the dawn of democracy, with the SA economy in a precarious position after the arrival of Covid-19 at a time when the country was already struggling with a recession.

Watch the much anticipated Mboweni 2021/2022 budget speech in parliament below.

The finance minister delivers his budget for the year.

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