Healthcare, jobs, education tops budget priorities
Healthcare, education, and the unemployment crisis are some of the biggest issues some citizens believe should be allocated more money by the Finance Minister.
Enoch Godongwana will table his budget in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon.
Durban resident Sagran Govender works in healthcare.
He says not enough is being done to address the challenges there.
"People are dying, they have the funds but they are not utilising it in a proper way to save people's lives and upgrade hospitals.”
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Louise Seaward's expecting a tax hikes.
"I anticipate there will be extra tax on cigarettes and sugar drinks. Tax will go up as per normal and I think more money needs to go on housing an education."
Lusanda Mtshali says it's often hard to see where the allocated fund are going.
"There is so much money being invested and we don't know where it is going, especially us teenagers. We should know and see progress."
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