However, the amount estimated by France was so huge that the reimbursement of the so-called "colonial debt" was close to 40% of the country's budget in 1963.
Kodwa-ke, inani elilinganiswa yiFrance lalikhulu kakhulu kangangokuthi ukubuyiselwa kwalokhu okuthiwa "isikweletu samakholoni" kwakuseduze ne-40% yebhajethi yezwe ku-1963.