Finance minister Tito Mboweni has announced that the medium-term budget policy statement is likely to be held a day earlier than planned.
The timing of the medium-term budget has already been moved once before from the usual second-last week of October to the 30th of the month. The step was intended to cater for the international travel commitments of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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