Mr Acting Prosecutor General, Mr Attorney-General and Advocate Fitches, we interact at the beginning of yet another new year.

WHAT IS A CITIZENS’ BUDGET?
It is a simplified summary of the National Budget that explains how the Government plans to raise money to pay for its activities and how it plans to allocate these resources to achieve the national development goals.
WHY DO WE PUBLISH A CITIZENS’ BUDGET?

INTRODUCTION

1. The year 2023 marks the mid-point in the implementation of the transformative and inclusive development agenda under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), allowing the Nation to assess progress made to date and recognise successes, identify challenges and plug any gaps encountered.

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, tabled this paper in the National Assembly on Thursday 28 July 2022. Cabinet approved the paper on 19 July 2022.  The complete paper can be downloaded below.

The first few paragraphs of the paper explain the purpose of its publication:

INTRODUCTION