Budget Speech 2020: What to expect & analysis by IRR Chief Economist

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Join me in conversation with IRR Chief Economist, Ian Cruickshanks, we try forecast on the upcoming Budget Speech to be delivered by Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni.

We look at the good, the bad & the ugly...and give analysis on what the Finance Minister ought to say if we are to pull SA out of the economic mess and reform it.

21 Feb 2020 English Explicit South Africa News · Society & Culture Big Daddy Liberty

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