Five articles that reveal what Cyril Ramaphosa’s new economic adviser thinks
Business Day columnist Trudi Makhaya has been appointed economic adviser to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Here’s what she thinks about the economy
Subscribers to Business Day and BusinessLIVE are familiar with the insightful writing by columnist Trudi Makhaya. A Rhodes scholar with degrees from Oxford and Wits, she has just been appointed economic adviser to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Here are five key contributions on how to fix the South African economy published by Business Day this year: 1. Reinvigorate the NDP and lead the world A month after Ramaphosa was elected, Trudi’s Business Day column was headed 'Implement the NDP, then lead the world'. Here’s an extract: Everyone seems to have a to-do list for new ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. My list includes restructuring state-owned enterprises; encouraging private sector employment; improving relations between employers and employees; rooting out anticompetitive behaviour by dominant companies; trimming the regulatory burden on business; improving the efficiency of government services and infrastructure; and resolving policy and legislative impasses in sectors such as mining...
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