Gauteng’s Creecy ‘optimistic’ despite gloomy economic growth predictions

The Gauteng Provincial Treasury on Tuesday announced new measures which will increase revenue‚ reduce costs and bring in the private sector as a roleplayer in development. The provincial treasury had projected economic growth of 1.2% in the province for 2015‚ which was disappointing.“We are‚ however‚ optimistic that with our interventions‚ as shared by the honourable premier‚ we expect an upturn in our provincial economy by 2018‚ with a moderate growth projection of 2.