The Peoples Budget coalition, with a claimed support base of 25 million people, is arguably the real opposition budget. First tabled last year, trade unions, churches and non-governmental organisations have repeated the act, putting an alternative 53-page spending plan on the table. Molefe Tsele, general-secretary of the South African Council of Churches, says his organisation represents churches with a membership of over 12 million worshippers, while Cosatu has 1,8 million signed-up members. Supporters of community-based organisations make up the rest.