MAMOKETE LIJANE: Debt bomb makes SA’s unpleasant choices a lot worse
The country simply cannot continue with governance as usual while debt explodes
27 September 2023 - 05:00
The debate over fiscal policy, already heated, is bound to escalate as we approach the announcement of the National Treasury’s medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS).
The medium-term budget will be one of the most important yet, which is not to say the previous ones were not important. It is just that every year that we fail to arrest the fiscal deterioration makes the question of debt even more important. If we again fail to deal decisively with the national debt issue, 2024 will be even more important than this year, and this year is already critical. ..
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