On Wednesday, you will be presenting your budget outlining the country’s spending plans for the year. 

In an era of high public debt and dwindling revenue, there is strong competition between government programmes for each fiscal rand. There is pressure to increase social spending and to possibly fund a basic income grant. ..

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