Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is probably used to having his plans blown away by events outside South Africa. His first budget in 2022, was followed immediately by the news of Russia bombing Ukraine.

The numbers the National Treasury had planned around went up in a puff of smoke as the global economy went into a tailspin, with disruptions in trade flows and financial markets mayhem...

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