Gauteng MEC for Finance, Barbara Creecy, delivered the provincial budget speech yesterday at the Legislature in Johannesburg. Following on the heels of the SOPA address in February, Creecy focused on some key priority areas and put forward a fiscal plan to stimulate growth, while protecting the poor in difficult times ahead. CNBC Africa’s Lubabalo Mashiqana caught up with Lebogang Maile, MEC for Economic Development.