21 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's economy is estimated to have grown by 0.6 percent last year and will increase to 1.6 percent over the next three years, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said here Wednesday.
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21 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's economy is estimated to have grown by 0.6 percent last year and will increase to 1.6 percent over the next three years, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said here Wednesday.
Dipping into SA’s gold and forex reserves to borrow less is not a good idea and this should rather be used to grow the economy, experts say.
But there will be no pivot. It will be a long, hard slog to get government finances where they should be.
It is usually Treasury that has to find the money to bail out government entities, but this time government reserves will bail out Treasury.
In a clear bid to make this a people-friendly Budget in an election year, 60% of the Budget – R3.7-trillion – will be spent on the salaries for teachers, doctors and nurses, and social grants.