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Mr Fixit sweeps clean
His predecessor must have been all smiles as he listened to Pravin Gordhan deliver his maiden budget with sterling confidence.
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Summer of discontent
Soaring debt could mean serious discomfort for South Africa’s economy, writes Lynley Donnelly.
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New carbon tax on its way
Where the tax is likely to be targeted and how it will be implemented is unclear at this stage.
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Education gets ‘some relief’
Cabinet giving even more to education over the medium term, writes Primarashni Gower.
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Not quite the green revolution
And there won’t be one unless farmers get rain,
writes Lynley Donnelly.
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Will the ‘populist’ thunder pass?
The overall picture is that structural poverty and the inequality trap remain resistant to government’s best efforts.
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The house Trevor built
The medium-term budget policy statement shows that robust policy decisions helped to weather the storm, writes Nic Dawes.
