Budget speech emphasises ANC government’s failures
24 February 2021
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is of the opinion that the latest budget announcement by Tito Mboweni, Minister of Finance, once again underwrites that the government does not have the ability to govern South Africa efficiently.
The economy simply cannot press forward under the pressure of unreliable electricity supply. “The state should have taken drastic measures years ago to bring an end to load shedding. Apart from the fact that Eskom needs to be privatised, other electricity providers should also be allowed to compete in the sector,” says Dr Eugene Brink, AfriForum’s Strategic Advisor for Community Affairs.
“The increase in electricity tariffs, some taxes and the fuel levy is simply immoral. Tax payers are already struggling to make ends meet. It is absolutely unacceptable that the state is demanding more money from citizens, yet refuses to take stringent action against corruption and misappropriation of funds,” says Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s Manager of Campaigns.
AfriForum also says the Minister once again failed to take adequate steps to decrease the enormous expenditure on state wages as promised several times in the past.