Deeper debt trap looms as all eyes turn to Tito

Budget will reveal if the savings needed to stabilise debt burden can be achieved

25 October 2020 - 00:10 By HILARY JOFFE and hilary joffe

The government has been borrowing even more in the market than it planned for in June, with economists projecting its total borrowing requirement for the next three years could exceed R2-trillion, driving up the cost and pitching SA deeper into a debt trap...

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