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FULL SPEECH: The 2025 Budget Speech: The budget speech delivered by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana
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FULL TEXT: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech: Here is Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget speech in full, delivered in Cape Town on 12 ...
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Key FactsGodongwana Projects Positive Budget Outlook for South Africa
Nov 13, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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  • Finance Minister Godongwana expects revenue to exceed projections by R19.7 billion in 2025.

  • The inflation target has been lowered to 3% with a 1% tolerance band, set to be implemented over two years.

  • Government debt is predicted to stabilize at 77.9% of GDP, with a primary budget surplus of R68.5 billion this year.

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  • As we table this policy statement, we have reason to be optimistic about the future of our country.
    — Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, while presenting his medium-term budget policy statement in Parliament.
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