The National Treasury’s decision to withhold July 2026 equitable share transfers from 69 municipalities is a false solution that punishes the poor while failing to address systemic financial problems.
“The normalisation of anti-immigrant, afrophobia, xenophobia is a genie you cannot put back in the bottle,” Professor Noor Nieftagodien.
Human rights are not negotiable. Corporate accountability must be binding. The time for the UN Binding Treaty is now.
The People Against Budget Cuts (PABC) argues that the 2026 Budget is fiscally regressive, prioritising tax breaks for the wealthy and elite while failing to address structural poverty and unemployment.
This briefing critiques GAIN for being constrained by a fiscal framework that neglects the importance of public investment in enhancing state capacity and service delivery.
Across the country, communities are organising against budget cuts, privatisation, unemployment, and the erosion of public services.