Local government elections are done and dusted, now the focus is on the country’s finances. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s is expected to table his maiden medium-term budget policy statement on Thursday. Some commentators are asking whether he will keep to Tito Mboweni’s policies.  Some reports last week said that he may propose that Covid-19 social relief of distress grant be terminated and replaced with a “family grant”. To look at what we can expect from him and whether he has enough to deal with some of the country’s problems, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Isiaah Mhlanga – Chief Economist at Alexander Forbes