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Enoch Godongwana Picture: BLOOMBERG/DWAYNE SENIOR.
Enoch Godongwana Picture: BLOOMBERG/DWAYNE SENIOR.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his maiden budget speech before a joint sitting of parliament on Wednesday February 23 at 2pm. 

Godongwana s faced a difficult balancing act amid a range of spending pressures such as social services and infrastructure.

The budget also comes at a time when almost half of working-age South Africans are unemployed, coupled with a limping economy and a growing debt burden.

Watch the minister's full address here:

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