The Minister Is Shocked. The Country Is Shocked That She Is Shocked

There are moments in a nation’s economic story when a minister of finance must project clarity. Calm. Competence. Something that resembles a steady hand on the tiller. What we saw in the Mid-Term Budget Review delivered on 26 November 2025 was the opposite. The minister of finance expressed shock at an economy that has been screaming for attention for two years. She sounded blindsided by problems that her own decisions helped create. And she seemed genuinely surprised that the numbers…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...