Ahead of Parliament adopting the Budget tabled by Finance Minister Toto Mboweni, on 10 March 2021 more than 200 civil society organisations, trade unions, social movements and concerned individuals have added their voices to a growing call for Parliament to reject the budget. We believe that this budget is unconstitutional, and in our open letter to members of parliament, we have demanded that our elected representatives overturn the budget.
Joint Statement: The Finance Minister and ANC government turn on their own people
The government's budget is completely divorced from the reality faced by most South Africans and has little regard for the millions of unemployed and marginalised people in the country.
KENYA FIGHT INEQUALITY ALLIANCE - ANALYSIS ON BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT: Big changes needed to budget for it to serve ordinary Kenyans, say campaigners
PRESS RELEASE: Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance is pressing for changes on the Budget Policy Statement that will affect the lives of millions of Kenyans living on the frontlines of inequality.
Fight Inequality Alliance India: Call for people’s budget through week of action!
Communities, NGOs, frontline workers and activists will mobilize in India this January to fight against inequality and ask for a pro-people recovery package from COVID-19.
Fight Inequality Alliance to global leaders and IMF, World Bank: Radical action needed to supercharge the fight against inequality
PRESS RELEASE: As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold their Annual Meetings and the G20 Finance Ministers meet this coming week, grassroots activists from across Asia, Africa and Latin Americas and the Caribbean are rallying online today to tell world leaders that radical action is needed to ‘supercharge’ the fight against inequality.
THE FIGHT INEQUALITY ALLIANCE SA MARKS OCTOBER AS A MONTH OF ACTION
Covid-19 has made clear the failures of the state’s neoliberal project. At the end of October, the Minister of Finance will announce the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) where he will speak about an “economic recovery”. We know too well that this “recovery” will just be another way to favour the rich and powerful while the rest of us are made to suffer.