As the October 26 medium-term budget policy statement approaches, there’s a stack of things that need to get sorted.

Does the National Treasury pay the R3.5bn into SAA called for by its business rescue process? Does it take on any of Eskom’s debt? Can it do either without putting at risk the slow process of fiscal consolidation that has begun slowly to reverse the international debt ratings downgrades we suffered as a result of the Zuma years?        ..

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