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Medium-term budget could take the shine off GNU
It’s a tough ask for the finance minister to create real political space for Ramaphosa
The rubber hits the road on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s still shiny new government of national unity (GNU) week after next when finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS).
In truth, Godongwana should have delivered a new budget for a new government after the May 29 election, but I suspect everyone in the GNU, including the ANC, was so surprised to find themselves in it they all just silently let it go. ..
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