Once-mighty Treasury left out of Sona as tough choices loom
Key institution left with murky role, if any, in fiscal policy
14 February 2021 - 00:00
A credible plan to halt SA's deteriorating public finances was one of the notable omissions in President Cyril Ramaphosa's state of the nation address on Thursday, experts say, underlining concerns about how SA's public debt has spiralled dramatically in the past decade as the government's economic growth narrative fast loses credibility...
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