South Africa is in serious financial trouble
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Bias Score Analysis
The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
51% : The growth of debt-servicing costs as a share of government spending from 2008/09 to 2023/24 can be seen in the graph below.49% : Although this is required to curb the growth in government debt, it is also associated with a slowdown in essential public services spending - a practice referred to as 'austerity'.
48% : As more resources are allocated to interest payments, the share of spending on infrastructure, education, health and economic development reforms has declined over time, undermining the government's goal of building a more resilient and inclusive economy.
46% : As a share of government expenditure, debt-servicing costs hit a low of 8.6% in 2008/09 and are set to peak at 18.4% in 2025/26.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.