NEWS ANALYSIS: Government is mum over IMF bailout as Ace Magashule’s wolves circle
Amid continuing ANC infighting, government officials are unwilling to open themselves to attack from the party secretary-general and his faction, or the EFF
14 August 2019 - 05:10
It is remarkable that while the buzz gets louder about SA possibly needing to go to the IMF with a begging bowl, the government’s voice is absent from the conversation.
It is surely necessary for the Treasury or perhaps someone in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office — he apparently still has an economic adviser — to put some facts on the table about why the IMF is not and will not be in consideration.
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