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Highlights

• Economic growth and inflation rates revised significantly lower.

• Tax revenue collection shortfall of R52bn in 2019/2020.

• Debt to GDP ratio rises a...

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s second Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) paints a stark financial picture. The consolidated deficit numbers for next year, the 2...

The rand lost 1.5% against the USD early in the MTBPS as the Finance Minister compared South Africa to a winter season, where the ground is dry.

He emphasised that debt is...