Economic governance, not fiscal trickery, is the way out of our crisis

05 November 2023 - 00:00 By SONGEZO ZIBI

Three seemingly unrelated but important incidents occurred during the week preceding the medium term budget policy statement by finance minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday. Taken together, they provide real examples of issues that have brought South Africa to  a potential fiscal crisis...

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