CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s finance minister walks a tightrope on Wednesday as he presents a budget watched closely by ratings agencies that are on the verge of downgrading the country’s debt to junk status.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank predict South Africa’s growth this year will slide to less than 1 percent—far below levels needed to deal with unemployment running at 25 percent.
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