ECONOMY
South Africa will implement spending cuts of R25-billion ($1.8-billion) and raise revenue by R15-billion in next year's budget to contain growing debt, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba told Parliament on Wednesday. Gigaba said the extra R40-billion, or 0.8% of GDP, would be used to tackle rising public debt which otherwise could balloon beyond 60% of GDP by 2022.
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