It all comes down to the wage bill — this is the inevitable conclusion we reached after wading through the latest medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) for an hour.

SA has been spending beyond its means for several years. Going into Covid, there was a general awareness that expenditure needed to be cut and growth boosted...

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