For the SA economy to recover, immediate issues like the government wage bill, tax collection and managing debt have to be addressed.

Finance minister Tito Mboweni made these remarks in his 2021 budget speech. But a Nedbank CIB report says it may take the economy a few years to recover from what it calls a “pandemic-induced” recession. ..

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