In October finance minister Enoch Godongwana will have to deliver the medium-term budget statement just weeks ahead of the ANC elective conference. While the two issues ought to be discrete, the entangled nature of our politics creates contentious overlaps.
As the custodian of public resources the Treasury is the state institution that has the awkward task of tempering the expectations and wishes of the governing party. However, at its elective conferences the ANC publishes a five-year wish list of resolutions that whoever emerges as the elected leader is expected to champion. Beyond the veneer of internally focused resolutions on renewal and continued relevance, the majority of the resolutions relate to the party’s role in government...
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