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This edition, ‘Please, Sir, may I have some more?’, examines the 2019/20 Budget, warning that key risks emerging from the data include low levels of economic participation and job creation, unfavourable global circumstances and government policy that actively inhibits rather than facilitates growth.
This edition, No sign of fiscal squeeze letting up, tracks tax and revenue indicators for South Africa, showing among other things that expenditure to GDP has reached a record all-time high and is forecast to increase further.
The March edition - ‘The dying of the light’ - looks at the crisis at South Africa’s energy utility, Eskom.