Budget kicks South Africans while they’re down, says DA
The pro-business budget is divorced from the realities of ordinary South Africans, says Cosatu
24 February 2021 - 20:32
There was a mixed political response to different elements of finance minister Tito Mboweni’s budget, with critics saying it did not do enough and that expenditure cuts were made in the wrong places.
“This was a budget that will raise the cost of living for those South Africans who face the hardest times. It is a budget that kicks South Africans while they’re down,” DA finance spokesperson Geordin Hill-Lewis summarised...
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