Most analysts and economists have welcomed the main gist of the 2020 budget outlined by finance minister Tito Mboweni, particularly for its bold attempt to cut expenditure on public sector wages. But it remains to be seen whether government has promised enough to persuade ratings agency, Moody’s, from not downgrading the country’s sovereign risk rating to junk status.
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