Maile slammed for tabling an ‘unconvincing’ budget for Gauteng

Opposition parties in Gauteng on Tuesday welcomed Gauteng MEC for finance and economic development, Lebogang Maile's provincial budget for its tough stance on corruption and corrupt service providers but said it lacked substance on other significant issues in the province. BuildOneSA (BOSA) member of the Gauteng provincial legislature, Ayanda-Allie Paine, and the DA's Shadow MEC for economic development in the province, Ruhan Robinson described the budget address on Tuesday as "unconvincing". Maile presented the province's R527 billion budget in which he indicated that infrastructure development, consequence management for corrupt officials, and prudent fiscal spending would be key to the economic recovery of the province beset by a range of socio-economic challenges, including water and infrastructure development challenges among many other issues. Despite challenges Maile said the budget, to be complemented…