Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday tabled the medium-term budget policy statement in Parliament.
According to his statement, National Treasury expects SA gross debt to increase to R5.5 trillion 2023/4 as the country borrows to fund its budget expenditure. The economy, meanwhile, is expected to contract by -7.8% in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Government has also had to make adjustments to account for a R10.5 bailout to SAA and President Cyril Ramaphosa's employment stimulus plan.
Mboweni described this budget as particularly challenging.
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