Budget 2025: What's On Industry's Wish List?

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will deliver the 2025 Budget Speech in the National Assembly this afternoon Wednesday, February 19.

During the Budget Speech, the finance minister indicates the allocation of financial resources to the national governments priorities outlined by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the State of the Nation Address on February 6 this year.

Godongwana will outline all the financial, economic and social commitments government will prioritise in its planned expenditure.

Tourism Update asked several industry leaders to share their Budget wish lists ahead of the speech.

Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa , CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa TBCSA, said: Following the Presidents recognition of tourism as one of the key drivers of economic growth, we hope to see the Budget allocate funding to projects that will not only benefit our sector but also contribute to broader economic recovery.