It is “imperative” that newly minted finance minister Enoch Godongwana sticks to promises of continued fiscal consolidation, sustainable public debt management and accelerated structural economic reform, in his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) on Thursday, says the DA. 

This is notwithstanding the temporary tax windfall from the recent commodities upswing that offered SA’s fiscus a temporary reprieve, the  official opposition said on Tuesday. ..