Voters may make a statement over 2% hike and load shedding.
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana briefs the media after the budget speech was postponed at Imbizo Media Centre on 19 February 2025 in Cape Town. Picture: Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais
“It will be in the hearts and minds of the people when they go to the elections next year and beyond. It could reach that point. President Cyril Ramaphosa must also shoulder the blame for Godongwana’s insistence on implementing the increase as he wouldn’t have done it without consulting him. “The ANC was clumsy in trying to sneak in the 2% rise when it managed to slot in 1% several years ago after consultation with the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Black Sash and other people, which did not have such an impact on people.”
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