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</html><description>Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will have to walk a tightrope when he tables the 2023 medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) as revenue remains behind budget, expenditure was exceeding budget, resulting in the need to borrow, according to economists. He is also facing mounting pressure not to cut public expenditure despite a shortfall in tax revenue [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>https://image-prod.iol.co.za/16x9/800?source=https://xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443/opencontent/objects/5b880259-3f07-5253-afe4-2153f86dec93&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x163&amp;resize=2008x1128</thumbnail_url></oembed>
