Treasury has managed to avoid a debt blowout and reverse a plan to implement big departmental budget cuts by asking the Reserve Bank for help. These are funds in reserve and are meant to offer a buffer and protection to South Africa against local and external economic shocks.
CAPE TOWN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) South Africa's economy is estimated to have grown by 0.6 percent last year and will increase to 1.6 percent over the next three years, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said here Wednesday.