There are just a few hours left before the finance minister makes a second attempt to deliver the budget, but it's still unclear if in fact the speech will go ahead as planned.
The stakes are high, as Enoch Godongwana tries to balance runaways government costs with a limited revenue pool.
SABC News is keeping up with the latest. For this, let's go to my colleague Nompumelelo Siziba who is in Cape Town.
We talk about the financial framework of the transmission grid with Energy Expert, Matthew Cruise.
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