Tito Mboweni and EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu exchanged sharp words in parliament on Thursday over whether the budget presented  by the finance minister on Wednesday was an austerity budget.

On Thursday, Mboweni and his team from the Treasury appeared before members of four parliamentary committees of finance and appropriations to brief MPs on the details of the budget and to answer questions...

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