Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2024 budget speech makes me wonder whether anyone really cares about our people.
Our fellow citizens were either starving or cutting their spending on food, electricity and water – all essentials for life – before Godongwana delivered a budget that, while cognisant of many South Africans’ daily struggles, puts even more pressure on people.
A survey African Response conducted just after the national budget was delivered shows the government is not doing nearly enough, despite its valiant efforts, to alleviate the dire situation that so many