Finance minister Tito Mboweni is expected to present the 2020 medium-term budget policy statement to parliament on Wednesday.

It follows a strict Covid-19 lockdown, which came in the middle of a recession. Amid concern about a debt crisis and pressure to get the economy back on track, Mboweni faces a difficult balancing act...

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