South Africa: Budget 2015 - What Leading Activist Organisations Want to Hear From Nene

25 February 2015

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will present the budget speech to Parliament today. GroundUp spoke to several social movements and leading civil society organisations to find out what they would like him to address.

Norms and standards for education, money to begin implementing National Health Insurance, improvements to Home Affairs offices, budget to implement a plan to combat gender based violence, money to fight corruption in the housing programme and money for improved sanitation are the key issues raised by the activists we spoke to.

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