{"id":869,"date":"2026-01-21T05:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/?p=869"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:53:23","slug":"public-called-to-share-ideas-for-2026-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/public-called-to-share-ideas-for-2026-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Public called to share ideas for 2026 Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has encouraged South Africans to share their suggestions on the 2026 Budget.<\/p>\n<p>The National Budget seeks to maintain a balance between South Africa\u2019s fiscal framework, fund the priorities of the seventh administration, while mitigating the funding requirements impact on the poor and the middle-income household.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to strike a balance between growing the economy and supporting the vulnerable amid limited resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister will deliver the National Budget Speech on 25 February 2026, where he will outline all the financial, economic and social commitments government will prioritise in its planned expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>People may submit views on government spending priorities; addressing a large budget deficit; stabilising State-owned entity finances; energy and water investments; tax policies; debt sustainability; municipal finances and\u00a0any other economy-related topics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister Godongwana looks forward to your contributions,\u201d National Treasury said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions can be sent to National Treasury using this link for Budget Tips:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=jzRFGrQCmk-nqHeG9t0yRTqZ86WzI7JHvRvFVz0vJUhUM1FHWEc0MU1GWjc0RFhHQTNZVEQwM0Y5RS4u&amp;route=shorturl\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=jzRFGrQCmk-nqHeG9t0yRTqZ86WzI7JHvRvFVz0vJUhUM1FHWEc0MU1GWjc0RFhHQTNZVEQwM0Y5RS4u&amp;route=shorturl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The public is advised to keep contributions concise and to the point, not longer than 300 words. &#8211;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-icons inline-flex items-center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has encouraged South Africans to share their suggestions on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}