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[TOP STORY] The quicksand effect of interest on SA government debt

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‘I think that debt-to-GDP continues to rise slower and slower, continues to rise over a period of time, and it just becomes a case of we’re sleep-walking into a potential fiscal crunch,’ says Roy Havemann, principal, financial sector policy and public economics at Krutham.

5 Mar 2024 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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