Doing the impossible: Taking from the mouths of babes

Joint statement on the 2022 Medium Term Budget (MTBPS)
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement delivered by Minister Enoch Gondongwana received a standing ovation in parliament. The adulation was presumably for his macro performance: reducing borrowing, stabilising debt and bailing out Eskom. But this came at a cost to social spending, notably for education, health services and social grants.

Read the full joint statement.