National Treasury (2026). 2026 Budget Review, chapter 7, Debt and financing. Pretoria: National Treasury.
The chapter puts gross loan debt at 78.9 percent of GDP in 2025/26, projects 76.5 percent by 2028/29, and reports debt-service costs of 5.4 percent of GDP and 21.3 percent of revenue in 2025/26. The wiki uses these figures in South Africa on the Curve for the debt arc that runs from 26.0 percent of GDP in 2008/09 and for the deceleration indicators.