Illegal immigration and failing municipalities dominate Presidency Budget Vote address
Early Breakfast with Africa Melane · 3 June 2026 · 9m
Speaker 1: Monday to Friday four in six am on seven O two and K Talk. It Speaker 1: is ten minutes past five. We were on the line with doctor Cale McKinley, political Speaker 1: analyst, which heading about illegal might immigration and failing municipalities dominating the Presidency Budget vote Speaker 1: address. Doctor McKinley, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Speaker 2: Good morning, yes, good morning, was sangne to your listeners. So, speaking during the Presidency Speaker 2: budget vote address in Parliament, our President Cyril Drama Pausa set out government's priorities, placing Speaker 2: a strong emphasis on tackling illegal immigration, while firmly warning South Africa's note not to Speaker 2: give into xenophobia or vigilantism. What is your view currently, doctor, because there's many moving Speaker 2: parts moving towards elections, what should we be focusing on. Speaker 3: Well, the first thing is I think that his Presidency budget speech was Sona number Speaker 3: two. If you if you listened to him, he basically just repeated most of what Speaker 3: he said in Sona based and gave an update saying this is what we've done Speaker 3: obviously on the issue of the xenophobic violence and anti immigrant attacks. That was something Speaker 3: a bit separate. Look, I mean, it wasn't surprising that he focused. He sort of Speaker 3: centered local government, the crisis in local government, the various elements of that. Because we Speaker 3: have upcoming local government elections. These are in everyone's minds, particularly his party and everyone Speaker 3: else's. So and this is at the forefront of a range of different issues around. Speaker 3: You can talk about the macroeconomic growth indicators, the investment, but the fundamental point is Speaker 3:…
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