budget 2021
MAMOKETE LIJANE: Not the remedy, but still a salve
This budget aims to show lenders that SA is clawing back its fiscal credibility and coming back to a sustainable path
25 February 2021 - 06:00
The budget tabled by finance minister Tito Mboweni this week reflects the early effort to wrestle with the conflicting priorities of supporting growth, while shifting the fiscus onto a more sustainable path.
This is not the budget that signals that SA is out of the woods, as far as the threat of a fiscal meltdown and its concomitant effects on policy stability and sustainable growth are concerned...
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