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WATCH: The week in review
Michael Avery and guests review the political economy during the last week as the president appeared before the Zondo Commission
It’s been a crucial week in the political economy of the buggered and beloved country, with the ANC president appearing before the state-capture commission, defending his party’s disastrous cadre deployment policies, offering platitudes of governance reform, while allowing a critical 30-day step aside deadline to deal with corruption to slip by while his now rogue secretary-general gives the middle finger.
And public-sector unions are now gearing up for a fight with the government and taxpayers, who pay the bloated wage bill, as they demand above-inflation increases while the country’s debt to GDP ratio soars towards 100%. ..
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