🫰🏾*NEHAWU Statement On The 2025 Budget* The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] notes the fact that the first budget of the Government of National Unity (GNU) was not presented today in Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, as scheduled. It is ironic that this time around the Treasury has caught itself in its own trap, having previously leaked information “to prepare the public” for an impending announcement. The unfolding policy of austerity, with its budget-balance and public-debt targets, was first planted in the public domain through such leaks, at the time when the government had received a mandate to shift away from austerity. This happened on the back of catastrophic socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 pandemic, in which at least 2 million jobs were lost. 🌐 Read the full statement from our website - https://www.nehawu.org.za/NEHAWUStatementOnThe2025Budget.html