Kaya 959 Point of View with Phemelo Motene

South Africa’s 2021 medium-term budget in a nutshell

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Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his maiden medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) on Thursday (11 November), reporting better than expected finances for South Africa – but against the bleak reality that the country has little room to manoeuvre in the budget. We speak to Hugo Pienaar, Chief Economist at Bureau for Economic Research (BER), and Isiaah Mhlanga, Alexander-Forbes’ chief economist to help summarise the medium-term budget.
11 Nov 2021 1PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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