Today's Inside Track from the Democratic Alliance

📰 24/02/2021

💵 #BudgetSpeech: A grants cut to pay for more bailouts.

The Minister of Finance has cut allocations to social grants to pay more bailouts for SAA, Eskom and the Land Bank.
This Budget will raise the cost of living for those South Africans who face the hardest times.

Read more: https://www.da.org.za/2021/02/budget-response-a-grants-cut-to-pay-for-more-bailouts

Meanwhile, DA Leader, John Steenhuisen, weighs in on why only the DA will get SA’s debt under control

Find out how here: https://www.da.org.za/2021/02/budget-only-the-da-will-get-sas-debt-under-control

❗ Investigation needed into dodgy Health Minister tender links

An investigation has found that long-time personal associates of the Health Minister allegedly pocketed R82 million in Covid-19 funds after being appointed as consultants.

and https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-23-zweli-mkhizes-family-friend-and-ex-private-secretary-pocket-covid-19-cash-via-r82m-department-of-health-contracts/

Zweli Mkhize’s ‘family friend’ and ex-private secretary pocket Covid-19 cash via R82m Department of Health contracts

🤷‍♀️ DA seeks transparency over EC names changes that will cost millions in the middle of a pandemic

It would seem as though government was simply engaging in a box-ticking exercise under the guise of “transformation” and ultimately ignored the voices opposed to the name changes. This was clearly nothing more than a political ploy by the ANC government to garner votes in an election year.

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