Civil society against the austerity budget
The finance minister held on to increasing VAT rather than taxing the rich.
Budget speech
GNU differences postpone budget speech while People’s Budget petition falls on deaf ears
Finance minister Godongwane would neither make his budget speech nor hear the People’s Budget petition against austerity.
Activists march for an alternative budget and a new vision
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
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