The Gnu Government Fails South Africans, Budget Must Deliver, Not Just Speak
Doer Tsakane Manganyi
UAT Head of Communication
By Doer Tsakane Manganyi
UAT Head of Communications
United Africans Transformation (UAT) warns that successive national budgets under the Government of National Unity (GNU) have failed to improve the daily reality of South Africans.
Promises are made, targets are set, and allocations are announced.
Yet communities continue to face collapsing roads, broken water systems, failing electricity, and municipalities in chaos.
The GNU assumed office with a mandate to stabilise governance, improve service delivery, and create hope for the people.
Instead, slow execution, weak oversight, and fragmentation have deepened failure. Public funds are spent, but tangible results remain invisible.
A national budget should create jobs for our youth, not leave them unemployed. It should repair failing municipal infrastructure, end water shortages, and restore basic services.
It must build state capacity to reduce reliance on costly service providers, fund rural and township schools with the tools and technology needed for the 4IR, and support local businesses to drive economic growth and create jobs, particularly in rural areas.
It must also fund land reform programs, including land restitution, redistribution, and tenure initiatives, to strengthen food security and stabilize rural economies.
Finally, it must deliver reliable electricity, ending load shedding and encouraging investment.
Budgets on paper do not fix broken taps, failing schools, neglected communities, or insecure farmlands.
South Africans live the consequences of inaction.
If the GNU government wants to justify its mandate, it must move from words to results.
Every rand must translate into functioning infrastructure, accountable municipal leadership, visible service delivery, and sustainable food systems.
Anything less is a betrayal of public trust.
South Africans deserve a budget that delivers real solutions, restores confidence, and rebuilds trust in government.
The people are watching, and they will hold leadership accountable.