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SAA funding ‘lead’ delays Mboweni’s mini-budget

A last-minute “lead” to possible funding for embattled national carrier SAA has been cited as the reason for Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s request to Parliament for the medium-term budget policy statement to be postponed until October 28.

The anticipated funding solution will hopefully relieve pressure on the fiscus, as Treasury was expected to cut spending on social programmes to accommodate SAA’s business rescue plan budget of

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