HILARY JOFFE: Gigaba’s toothless list fails to tackle gaps

Last week, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba released a 46-item to-do list he titled "Government’s inclusive growth action plan". Just a week earlier, the IMF released its annual Article IV report on SA’s economy, which called for urgent reforms to "reignite growth and render it more inclusive". Comparing and contrasting the two documents highlights just how unwilling the government is to contemplate the kinds of bold action that would be needed — even though Gigaba’s to-do list claims to respond to the concerns raised by "stakeholders", presumably including the IMF.