The 2020 medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS), being tabled on Wednesday in parliament, may be SA’s most important budget to date.

Three main issues stand out: the credibility of the debt consolidation path; the treatment of state-owned enterprises (SOEs); and the detail around Operation Vulindlela, a new joint initiative between the National Treasury and the presidency to drive the government’s new economic reform plan...

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