JOHANNESBURG - Lobby group Business Leadership South Africa has listed key reforms it views as necessary to fast-track growth in a letter to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni before his medium-term budget policy statement next week.
In the letter, made public on Thursday, the organization calls for tougher measures to
"Expenditure on the compensation budget must fall toward 10.5% of gross domestic product from 14.2% this fiscal year,"
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