South Africa's 2014/15 revenue at 986.4 bln rand: finance minister

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa collected 986.4 billion rand ($82 billion) in revenue during the 2014/15 fiscal year, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Wednesday, but did not give an estimate for expenditure as had been expected. Nene told a news conference he would give a budget deficit forecast for 2014/15 in June, and a senior Treasury official said this estimate was likely to be narrower than the 3.9 percent shortfall predicted in February. ($1 = 12.0650 rand)