Budget: What does the crystal ball say?

The displaced plebeians for whom that balcony was constructed occupy the makeshift tent on the exterior lawn, awaiting possible confirmation by the performing minstrel on budget day, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Baledzi Gaolathe, of the rumour that has been travelling the grapevine since Christmas, that there might be 'an inflationary adjustment' of some measly amount. RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE looks at what the
crystal ball holds in store for the strangers' gallery in parliamentary exile.

The budget is, you might say, a summary in Pula figures, of government's intentions as spelt out in the National Development Plan (NDP).