Business and ratings agencies eye medium-term budget for evidence of turnaround

Finance minister Tito Mboweni, October 24 2018. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER

“The biggest issue for us is to send a signal that we are grappling with these macro issues and challenges,” Sipho Pityana, president of Business Unity SA, said on the sidelines of the Harambee National Solutions Exchange on Youth Employment event in Johannesburg on Thursday. Along with concrete details on how the government plans to deal with its deteriorating fiscal position, Pityana said the issue of the escalating public sector wage bill — which accounts for 35% of government spending — as well as the financial and leadership crisis facing a number of state-owned enterprises need to be addressed.

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