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                                May 22, 2025 at 09:37 AM
                               
                            
                        
                            #moneymatters
🇿🇦 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2025 Budget Speech yesterday! 
*Key highlights:* 
✅ VAT stays at 15% after GNU consensus
📈 GDP growth revised to 1.4% for 2025
💰 R2.59T Total government spending, prioritizing:
Education (R1.04T), 
Health (R329B by 2027/28), 
Social grants (R370 SRD extended) 
🚀 R289.8B for jobs & infrastructure 
🛡 R9.4B for defense & security 
💸 Fuel levy up, but no personal income tax hikes
                        
                    
                    
                    
                        
                        
                                    
                                        
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