JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters has described the postponement of the budget speech, "a symptom of weak, indecisive, and opportunistic governance".
In a statement, the party says the postponement has left millions of South Africans uncertain about their future.
The EFF’s Statement on the Postponement of the 2025 Budget Speech
-The postponement of the budget is not a sign of democracy, maturity, or consultation—it is a symptom of weak, indecisive, and opportunistic governance that has left millions of South Africans uncertain about… pic.twitter.com/s2Zp7T8tIT— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) February 19, 2025
The party's national spokesperson Thambi Msani discussed this with eNCA's Thembekile Mrototo.
Msani said, "We reject what happened yesterday [Wednesday] and we see it as a very disgraceful and a shameful act which seeks to undermine South Africans because as you know everyone was waiting in anticipation to hear budget allocations for South Africans especially students."
"They need to know what is happening to them."