It was just more than three weeks ago that finance minister Tito Mboweni, via Twitter of course, made a strong argument for evidence-based policymaking.

Barring any big shocks, the numbers in the budget on Wednesday should not provide anything to shout about despite the increasing sense of urgency with which the government has been talking up its fiscal crisis...

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