Gauteng finance MEC Barbara Creecy’s provincial budget for the 2019/2020 financial year has increased by more than 7% to just more than R132bn. The bulk of the budget has been allocated to the departments of health, education and social services, while provision has also been made for struggling municipalities. Creecy joined Business Day TV to talk about the budget.

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