Cadres before the cost of living crisis
28 October 2022
Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Dr. Dion George MP.
In his mid-year budget speech on Wednesday, the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, not once mentioned the cost of living crisis or the daily battle faced by millions of South Africans to put enough food on the table.
This despite the minister's undertaking on 24 September 2022 to, upon requested, establish a panel to assess the impact of expanding the zero-VAT rated basket of goods.
Subsequently, on 25 September, the DA wrote to the minister to formally request him to do so, with no response.