The National Treasury will not be able to implement a permanent social grant unless tax revenue improves dramatically, Minister Enoch Godongwana announced this while reading South Africa Budget speech on Wednesday.
In parliament, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana issued a warning as he presented his budget for the fiscal year 2022/2023.
Godongwana said the state of the public purse did not allow for huge rises in government spending programmes or the introduction of “a new social grant”.
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