The head of South Africa’s budget office resigned last week, after helping National Treasury stabilise public debt.
Edgar Sishi handed in his resignation on Wednesday (25 February) – the day of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech – and plans to take up a role at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.
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National Treasury confirmed in an emailed response to questions that Sishi will leave…