Tito's budget gets tepid reception

01 November 2020 - 06:04

By HILARY JOFFE

Finance minister Tito Mboweni plans to stick with only modest tax hikes over the next four years, relying mainly on wage bill cuts that have yet to be negotiated with labour in his effort to stabilise SA's soaring public debt burden and prevent a sovereign debt crisis.

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