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7 things to expect from the budget speech
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will deliver a difficult and important budget speech today. Here are a few things we can expect.
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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is under a lot of pressure today to deliver one of the most important budget speeches since he has been re-instated. With the worst drought to hit South Africa in more than a century, slow economic growth, the plummeting rand and commodity prices plunging, Gordhan faces a very tough challenge ahead. Here are a few things we can expect him to address.