South Africa will tread water with 'austerity' budget
South Africa's 2015/16 budget avoids controversy, but even its moderate consolidation aims could be derailed
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- Tax increases
- Income tax
- Higher duties
- Tax relief
- Spending contained?
- Public wages
- Debt payments
- Deficit concerns
- Missing links
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_350.jpg "South Africa's Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivers his 2015 Budget Speech (Reuters/Sumaya Hisham)")