DA pledges support, offers proposals for economic support package
17 March 2020
Today, I wrote to Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, to offer the Democratic Alliance’s full support to him and the National Treasury for the responsibilities they will bear in fighting Covid-19.
We have also proposed an economic support package to help small and medium businesses weather the storm over the coming months.
We hope these proposals will be seriously considered and that the government will soon announce measures to avert or lessen the economic devastation that this virus will cause. It is a cause for concern that there has been no comprehensive economic plan announced to coincide with the comprehensive containment plan.
The letter can be accessed here.