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South Africans’ expectations of the budget speech

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Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan will be tabling his budget speech on Wednesday. This comes amid tough economic conditions with the country facing a credit rating downgrade.

Last week Statistics South Africa announced that Consumer Price Index rose to 6.2% year-on-year in January, compared to 5.2% in December.

Agricultural organisations have also warned of soaring food prices this year as an effect of the drought the country experienced last year.

SABC Digital News spoke to South Africans about where they want the money to go and this is what they had to say;

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– By Lerato Matlala, Neo Motloung

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