Dawie Roodt on South Africa’s record tax burden

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South Africa’s tax burden is at the centre of a bigger fiscal problem.

Dawie Roodt says state spending has reached 35% of the economy and the tax burden 30%, leaving less room for a slow-growing economy to fund the state. The figures need careful definition, but his warning is clear: the fiscal space is narrowing.