Five top writers on the state of SA after the budget shock
Carol Paton, Barney Mthombothi, John Dludlu, Claire Bisseker and Gareth van Onselen tackle the big issues
Dear reader, Here are five premium articles that sum up the state of the country's governance. Written by South Africa's top journalists from Business Day, Financial Mail, Business Times and Rand Daily Mail, they provide the sort of high-level insight that our subscribers demand. If you haven't subscribed yet, read these extracts and then sign up to BusinessLIVE Premium. I'm sure you will agree it's well worth the R120 a month charge. First up, Business Day's deputy editor, Carol Paton, writes under the headline, Structural changes will save SA, not Gigaba’s grim vision. Carol, who attended all the behind-the-scenes briefings and the medium-term budget speech itself, reveals how Malusi Gigaba is struggling to come to terms with his finance ministry portfolio. This from the article: He struggled through the pre-budget parliamentary briefing, muddling concepts and dropping words and phrases such as "spending cuts" and "fiscal stimulus", apparently without noticing the contradictions....
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