Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has vowed not to bow to political pressure to budget for unaffordable items such as a Basic Income Grant until there is clear guidance on where the money will come from.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said his medium-term budget hoped to make room for substantial infrastructure investments, the social wage, and improvements to basic services.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s effective scrapping of e-tolls as a funding mechanism for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project is a victory for Gauteng motorists and brings an end to years of protest and objection against the system.