EDITORIAL: Mboweni needs to convince investors fiscal crisis not inevitable
SA must show real progress that it can deliver the reforms needed to deliver GDP growth on a sustainable basis
27 October 2020 - 20:22
Given recent history, it’s hard to say what the markets should expect from finance minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday.
Even if he says all the right things, it’s debatable how much weight his words will have, given the conflicting drivers of the Covid-19 pandemic and pressure to spend, ANC politics and the need to appease credit ratings agencies with a credible path to debt consolidation...
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