The National Budget Speech will be presented against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth, the looming threat of a possible negative view by independent rating agencies, fees must fall campaign as well as uncertainty in the global economic conditions. There is, as usual, a balancing act that must be struck to give attention to various competing priorities. It is in this context that the Minister of Finance Mr Pravin Gordhan invites South Africans to share their views about economic conditions and other issues they would like government to highlight in the Budget on 22 February 2017.
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