WATCH: Can a nationalised Reserve Bank retain its independence?

The ANC plans to re-table a parliamentary motion to nationalise the South African Reserve Bank by doing away with the Bank’s private shareholders. At the last monetary policy committee meeting, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago faced questions about plans to nationalise the Bank. He said Bank’s independence and mandate should be upheld. Prof Jannie Rossouw, head of the School of Economics and Business Sciences at Wits, talks to Business Day TV about nationalising the central bank. OR LISTEN TO THE AUDIO: Listen to all latest podcasts here.

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