SA business wants action, not words, on economic recovery
Business groups have spent four months drafting a plan to get the economy back on track, but confidence the sate will implement is is ‘very low’
06 August 2020 - 14:31
SA business leaders are growing increasingly concerned that the government doesn’t have the will or capacity to overcome the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Business for SA (B4SA) expects the economy to contract as much as 10% this year and has spent the past four months drafting a plan to get it back on track. About 250 experts worked for free on the proposals that could potentially add R1-trillion to GDP, but they have gained limited traction with the authorities so far...
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