February 27 2012 at 09:00am 

By Ray McCauley

For some, the 2012 Budget, delivered by Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday, marked the end of the State of the Nation address period that was opened by President Jacob Zuma on February 9. I would argue to the contrary. It marks the beginning of the work.

Two weeks ago, Zuma outlined a bold and ambitious programme to, among other things, develop infrastructure across the country that will deal with the triple challenge of unemployment, inequality a...