Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan set to skip the debate on the budget in Parliament
08 March 2016
The Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, is set to skip the debate on the budget scheduled to take place on Wednesday 09 March 2016 in Parliament.
A full ninety-four minute debate on the fiscal framework, recorded in the programme as the “Consideration of the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals and the Report thereon by the Standing Committee on Finance”, has been scheduled for Wednesday 09 March 2016 in Parliament.
However, it has now transpired that the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, is abroad on an investor roadshow and will therefore not be present for the debate on the fiscal framework in Parliament.