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STATE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FROM FINANCE MINISTER NEAL RIJKENBERG'S BUDGET ON FRIDAY 26TH FEBRURY 2021.


       Pictures. A E100.00 note (LEFT) and  Minister Neal Rijkenrberg (RIGHT). Picture courtesy of Eswatini Observer online.

By Fundizwi Sikhondze (Coordinator of Swazi Labour News)

The Minster of Finance Neal Rijkenberg is expected to deliver the national budget on Friday the 26th February 2021. This shall be is third in this 11th Parliament of Swaziland /Eswatini.

The national budget gives a glimpse as to the expenditure plans for the government in the 2021/22 financial year. The priorities of the budget priorities ,at times some changes in ideological approaches and in other times perhaps a deepening of some ideological directions already taken by the government in previous years. 

2021 presents a special scenario wherein the previous year (2020) brought with it deep challenges globally because of COVID-19 and as a result considerable shifting of resources from other national needs took place while also pressing demands could not be ignored.

The budget shall therefore be highly anticipated by the different sectors of society from business , labour and ordinary citizens alike . 

The question to ask is, what expectations do different sectors of the economy or society expect from the 2021 budget? 

Please share your views in the comment section of this post and to the twitter page (@LabourSD) under the hashtag, #EswatiniBudget21.

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