2026 budget needed sharper balancing

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube

TREASURY’s 2026 national budget attempted to project discipline, modernity and ambition, yet it landed unevenly in key areas that demand greater policy sensitivity. For a statement intended to usher in the first year of NDS2, it seemed to rely too much on blunt instruments rather than calibrated reform, leaving room for a sharper, more constructive…

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