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Mboweni s budget dishonest, unaspiring, say opposition parties The Democratic Alliance (DA) s Geordin Hill-Lewis said that it was concerning that Mboweni did not mention what would happen to state-owned entities such as South African Airways (SAA). Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.
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JOHANNESBURG - Dishonest, lacking in detail and unaspiring - these are some of the word s opposition parties used to describe Finance Minister Tito Mboweni s Budget speech.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) s Geordin Hill-Lewis said that it was concerning that Mboweni did not mention what would happen to state-owned entities such as South African Airways (SAA).
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the 2021 Budget Speech to MP’s and President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday 24 February, and announced several measures that National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) have determined will most productively alleviate the country from economic turmoil.
Among the features of the economic strategy was an increase to personal income tax, as well as excise duty hikes for the alcohol and tobacco industry, as well as increasing the national fuel levy. He also announced that the government wage will will be reduced, and that much of the funds that would have been invested into these projects will now be distributed to social grant beneficiaries and vaccine procurement programmes.
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Opposition leaders criticised President
Cyril Ramaphosa for his perceived inability to tackle the country s big problems as a joint sitting of Parliament debated his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on Tuesday.
According to Democratic Alliance (DA) leader