Budget Speech for 2024, by the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, to Parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, 21 February 2024 - DIRCO

Welcome to the Department of International Relations & Cooperation

Home Speeches Other Budget Speech for 2024, by the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, to Parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, 21 February 2024

Budget Speech for 2024, by the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, to Parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, 21 February 2024

21 February 2024

Madam Speaker, according to two prominent economists, Alberto Alesina and Dani Rodrik, “A crude distinction between economics and politics would be that economics is concerned with expanding the pie while politics is about distributing it”. The point, Madam Speaker, is that the size and quality of the national pie is what informs, and ultimately determines, the realisation of our political imperative of redistribution.

Latest News

Communiqué of the 46th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, Durban, Republic of South Africa, 17 August 2026

Closing Statement by His Excellency President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa at the conclusion of the 46th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, Ethekwini, South Africa, Monday, 17 August 2026

Statement of acceptance by His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa as SADC Chair at the 46th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, Ethekwini, South Africa, 17 August 2026

Welcome Address by His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the 46th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, Ethekwini, South Africa, Monday, 17 August 2026

Introductory Remarks by His Excellency Mr Elias M Magosi, SADC Executive Secretary, at the 46th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, Durban, Republic of South Africa, 17 August 2026

State Banquet Toast Remarks by His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 46th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, Ethekwini, South Africa, 16 August 2026

Remarks by his Excellency Mr Elias M. Magosi, Executive Secretary of SADC, at the Summit of the Ordinary SADC Organ Troika Heads of State and Government, Durban, Republic of South Africa, 16 August 2026