https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...igaba-20180111
East London – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is feeling the pressure in his search for money to fund President Jacob Zuma's free higher education plan and has warned that drastic decisions must be expected in his February budget speech.
"The concern about funding is genuine given the fact that we have announced that there is a R51bn shortfall in the budget for this financial year. We had indicated that any additional budget programme would have to be funded in a way that does not breach the expenditure ceiling.
"Secondly, [we had indicated] that we would need to implement certain measures, both in terms of expenditure cuts and revenue enhancement, in order to take care of any additional budget pressure," he said.
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