Lerato Mbhiza
Most opposition political parties have rejected Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered in Parliament on Wednesday saying it does nothing to alleviate poverty.
The EFF said they reject with contempt what they called the irrational, reckless, and underwhelming statement.
“We reject the proposed cuts of direct provincial conditional grants of R6.2bn, which include the conditional grant of poverty relief and infrastructure development, early childhood development grant, education infrastructure grant, and other grants meant for much-needed social infrastructure.
“Furthermore, these budget cuts are extended to municipalities wherein the conditional grants budget is cut by R3.4bn.
“It doesn’t respond to the interest and aspirations of the people because if it was about the people, it was going to cut down on austerity measures because if you cut down on conditional grants that are meant for public infrastructure, you must know that you’re going to affect negatively
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