
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.
Finance minister Godongwane would neither make his budget speech nor hear the People’s Budget petition against austerity.
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwane confirmed what the protesters feared.
Khayelitsha residents attending the speak-out organised by Cry of the Xcluded decried the loss of every sense of security.
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
The launch of the Cry of the Xcluded in the Western Cape saw activists from both sides of the railway line coming together to talk about issues affecting their communities.
The finance minister would deny in his speech that he was presenting an austerity budget, but confirmed the expectations of public sector unions and the unemployed who marched in Cape Town against budget austerity.