POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: MPs to fire some pertinent questions at Cyril Ramaphosa
MPs will want answers on the proposed national minimum wage and investor confidence in the economy, writes Genevieve Quintal
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will answer questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday as Parliament wraps up its official programme for the year this week. When Ramaphosa takes the podium, MPs will fire questions on the recently proposed national minimum wage and investor confidence in the economy. He will also be asked whether he has managed to build a stronger relationship between the executive and the legislature, and encourage members of the executive to respond promptly to matters raised in Parliament during his tenure as the leader of government business. In November, a panel of economists put forward R3,500 as the proposed minimum wage and presented its report to the National Economic Development and Labour Council in a process led by Ramaphosa. The minimum wage announcement came shortly before Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service delivered verdicts on SA’s sovereign credit rating. Fitch kept SA’s rating but revised its outlook from stable to negative.
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