{"id":223800,"date":"2026-05-04T14:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=223800"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:54:55","slug":"stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=223800","title":{"rendered":"Stability is not the destination. It is the foundation."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fiscal discipline, reform momentum and the role of private capital South Africa\u2019s 2026 Budget arrives at a moment defined by both volatility and cautious optimism. National Treasury has projected that the country\u2019s debt to GDP ratio has reached its peak. A primary surplus has been restored and fiscal consolidation has held despite multiple external shocks [\u2026&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/partner-content\/2026-03-04-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiscal discipline, reform momentum and the role of private capital South Africa\u2019s 2026 Budget arrives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation.png",1080,566,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-300x157.png",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-768x402.png",640,335,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-1024x537.png",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation.png",1080,566,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation.png",1080,566,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-1024x537.png",1024,537,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-825x566.png",825,566,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223800-stability-is-not-the-destination-it-is-the-foundation-590x410.png",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/223801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}