South Africa’s mid-term budget: Fiscal armour hardens, but can Pretoria drive regional growth?
South Africa stabilised debt and widened its primary surplus in the mid-term budget, but a growth downgrade to 1.2% and flexible fiscal anchors highlight the struggle to translate orthodox discipline into continental economic momentum.
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South Africa stabilised debt and widened its primary surplus in the mid-term budget, but a growth downgrade to 1.2% and flexible fiscal anchors highlight the struggle to translate orthodox discipline into continental economic momentum.
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- 34 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 22, 2026
- Byline
- Leanne de Bassompierre
- Source
- The Africa Report