PETER BRUCE: Medium-term budget could take the shine off GNU
It’s a tough ask for the finance minister to create real political space for Ramaphosa
17 October 2024 - 05:00
The rubber hits the road on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s still shiny new government of national unity (GNU) week after next when finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS).
In truth, Godongwana should have delivered a new budget for a new government after the May 29 election, but I suspect everyone in the GNU, including the ANC, was so surprised to find themselves in it they all just silently let it go. ..
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