Budget 2025 | Implications of the postponed tabling of the budget: Dr Kenneth Creamer

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says there's not enough money to pay government employees, raising concerns about the Department of Defence and Correctional Services.
This, as the public sector unions conclude a three-year wage deal that will result in more than 1.3 million civil servants receiving an above-inflation pay hike of 5.5% in 2025/2026. Workers were looking to the finance minister for a pro poor budget but have slammed attempts to hike Value Added Tax by 2 percentage points saying this would be devastating to workers.
Dr Kenneth Creamer, economist from the University of the Witwatersrand joins us.

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