Public wage bill uncertainty a major risk to medium-term outlook, warns research group

Parliament has been warned that, should the Public Service Wage Bill be escalated, it could pose a great risk to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-term Budget Policy Statement outlook. The warning came courtesy of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), which presented its recommendations on the medium-term budget as presented by Godongwana last week. It is the FFC’s mandate to respond to inquiries on fiscal policy from any organ of the state.