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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: Citizens Corner: The impact of austerity measures on public goods
Description: As we edge closer to the Budget Speech 2025, many citizens are expecting that Minister Enoch Godongwana’s speech to be focused on economic growth, debt containment and hopefully avoid substantial taxes increases. We take a moment unpack the effect that austerity measures has had on public spending. While government released a circular on austerity measures back in August 2023, the budget cuts in some departments has taken effect over the past decade. We have received calls from our listeners where they have experienced challenges in basic education, health and other departments where service delivery has been adversely affected due...