The Budget Talk Nobody Wants to Have Right Now
Note: this article is specifically written for a South African audience.
If budgeting feels harder this year than it used to, that's not in your head. Eskom's tariff increases landed in two waves this year, food inflation has pushed a basic household food basket close to R5,300 a month, roughly the same as a full month of minimum-wage work, and rents in major metros have climbed double digits year over year.
