South Africa: Cosatu Slams Mboweni's Budget While Opposition Parties Are Left Uninspired

While opposition parties were generally uninspired by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's supplementary budget he delivered on Wednesday, his most strident criticism came from within the tripartite alliance as Cosatu expressed its disillusionment with the budget.

Cosatu's parliamentary co-ordinator, Matthew Parks, said in a statement it was "extremely disheartened and disillusioned by the uninspiring and timid supplementary budget presented by Minister Mboweni and his technocrats".

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