Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was adamant on Friday that he would present the address and the National Treasury confirmed the date. Also on Friday, director-general Lungisa Fuzile said: "We work on the basis that the 26th will happen and we've got no reason whatsoever to doubt that." But the events of this week, in which the National Prosecuting Authority said it would charge Gordhan with fraud, have raised concern over how long he will be in the post and whether a new minister will be in place for the medium-term budget statement. The National Treasury has been under sustained attack. Fuzile said the attacks were due to "some of the work that the Treasury does and the chief procurement officer has made many people unhappy and the question this brings to my mind is whether this is their way to fight back". The medium-term budget statement is more significant than the February budget in the sense that it prioritises spending over three years. This year's will include 2019, the year...
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