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Budget 2019: Tricky conversations but no personal tax hikes

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Tito’s maiden Budget may be enough to stave off a credit negative response from Moody's but the risk remains that the agency may still downgrade SA's outlook from stable to negative later this year, albeit not the rating.
21 Feb 2019 English South Africa Business

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