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HILARY JOFFE: All eyes on what will be a (noisy) crossroads for SA public finances
Finance minister Tito Mboweni staked his February budget on a cut of more than R300bn to the public sector wage bill over the next three years
02 May 2021 - 00:08
Ratings agency Moody's is due to provide a scheduled update on SA on Friday. The agency downgraded SA to junk status a year ago and now has us on a negative outlook, but it would be pretty surprising if it did anything at a moment that is such a tipping point for SA's public finances...
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