The MTBPS tabled by the finance minister in the National Assembly on 26 October confirms that the treasury’s fiscal framework only works if municipalities deliberately entrench poverty.
(Paul Botes/M&G)
The country’s local governments are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus and pose a critical sovereign risk
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