Trevor hits the sweet spot : the mini-budget

Extracted from text ... November 2005 13 THE MINI-BUDGET Trevor hits the sweet spot The 2005 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, or the "mini-Budget", as it has become known, provides a preview of what we are likely to see in the main Budget in February 2006. Judging from Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's comments, South Africa, Inc. is moving in the right direction. By ANA MONTEIRO and STEVEN JONES USING an analogy from a pastime he favours - golf - Finance Minister Trevor Manuel set the scene for next year's budget by saying: "We're hitting the sweet spot". The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement builds on ..