{"id":449478,"date":"2011-06-28T15:43:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/28\/swaziland-south-africa-debates-granting-massive-loan\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:43:35","slug":"swaziland-south-africa-debates-granting-massive-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/swaziland-south-africa-debates-granting-massive-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaziland: South Africa Debates Granting Massive Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"23.7419354839\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buanews.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BuaNews<\/a> (Tshwane)<\/p>\n<p>28 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Pretoria \u2014 National Treasury has refuted claims that it has granted Swaziland a R1.2 billion loan.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said a report had stated that government had indeed issued the loan to the one absolute monarchy on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the South African government is in receipt of a loan request from Swaziland, as confirmed last week, no loan has been agreed to or granted to Swaziland,&#8221; said the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>King Mswati III, according to media reports, has asked South Africa for a R10 billion loan. It has been reported that Swaziland, which borders South Africa, had a budget deficit of 14.3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Technical discussions between South Africa and Swaziland on possible assistance are on-going. They take place in the context of the global recession which resulted in Swaziland losing nearly 60 per cent of its revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further communication will be made once the South African government has reached a decision.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106281226.html\" title=\"Swaziland: South Africa Debates Granting Massive Loan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swaziland: South Africa Debates Granting Massive Loan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BuaNews (Tshwane) 28 June 2011 Pretoria \u2014 National Treasury has refuted claims that it has granted Swaziland a R1.2 billion loan. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said a report had stated that government had indeed issued the loan to the one absolute monarchy on the continent. &#8220;While the South African government is in receipt of a loan request from Swaziland, as confirmed last week, no loan has been agreed to or granted to Swaziland,&#8221; said the ministry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swaziland: South Africa Debates Granting Massive Loan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/swaziland-south-africa-debates-granting-massive-loan\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Swaziland: South Africa Debates Granting Massive Loan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"BuaNews (Tshwane) 28 June 2011 Pretoria \u2014 National Treasury has refuted claims that it has granted Swaziland a R1.2 billion loan. 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