BUDGET EDITORIAL: What is, and what should have been
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has done well, effectively pulling a rabbit out of a hat
22 February 2023 - 14:09
It was ever thus with the presentation of the national budget: a raft of documents; a speech presented in good humour, and a passing sense of relief.
This newspaper has written at length about the travails of a country in trouble, and we do not need to list them here again, but the presentation of a budget always serves to remind us that there are good and sober technocrats in the Treasury...
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