PODCAST | The Lead: Five months later and we finally have a Budget! With Carol Paton

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana can kick off his shoes,at least until the October mid-term budget,which is due soon,

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It’s felt like a never-ending story.

But after five gruelling months for the government of national unity (GNU),President Cyril Ramaphosa’s coalition has finally passed a Budget - a critical oil for his administration’s engine to keep running.

At the same time,National Treasury introduced three new measures to ensure that next year’s budget process doesn’t take this long.

Specialist journalist,Carol Paton,and the Lead host,Graeme Raubenheimer,break down and chronologically track the politically fraught Budget process thus far,ahead of the final vote in the National Council of Provinces on 30 July.

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