tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post2735666241811589737..comments2024-03-21T19:46:44.129+01:00Comments on Maravi: (STICKY) (MnG, AFP) Swaziland's economy near collapse, says IMFMrKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-75236424841848313622011-11-18T18:29:52.491+01:002011-11-18T18:29:52.491+01:00Notice that the writer in the latest article never...Notice that the writer in the latest article never mentions SACU, or why it no longer supplies 60% of the Swazi state's revenues. <br /><br />Another economy killed on the altar of privatisation and 'free markets'.MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-35780549247562756782011-11-18T18:23:09.500+01:002011-11-18T18:23:09.500+01:00(Continued...)
This week the IMF, after completin...(Continued...) <br />This week the IMF, after completing a week-long visit to the kingdom, warned that the fiscal crisis had reached a "critical stage".<br /><br />Mission chief Joannes Mongardini said: "Government revenue collection is insufficient to cover essential government expenditure, including the wage bill. More importantly, key social programmes like the fight against HIVMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-81365578401997291592011-11-18T18:22:39.663+01:002011-11-18T18:22:39.663+01:00(Mail & Guardian, SA) Swaziland 'being mor...(Mail & Guardian, SA) <a href="http://mg.co.za/article/2011-11-18-swaziland-being-mortgaged-for-loan" rel="nofollow">Swaziland 'being mortgaged for loan'</a><br />LOUISE REDVERS Nov 18 2011 00:00 <br /><br />Swaziland's economy could collapse within six months if drastic steps are not taken to reduce the country's enormous wage bill and address the spiralling deficit, a sourceMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-11852733359867652602011-11-16T19:40:01.547+01:002011-11-16T19:40:01.547+01:00Africa: Swaziland in Crisis as Customs Union Reven...<a href="http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/02/08/8455" rel="nofollow">Africa: Swaziland in Crisis as Customs Union Revenue Is Slashed</a><br /><br /> * by Mantoe Phakathi (mbabane)<br /> * Tuesday, February 08, 2011<br /> * Inter Press Service<br /><br />Apart from the looming job losses in Swaziland’s public sector, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have also warned of MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.com