How SA can put itself back on investors’ agenda
The cash-strapped state needs to embrace private partnerships to get the economy back on its feet
The major steps SA needs to take to jump-start growth and breathe life into our ailing economy are well known and continually flagged. Implement greater fiscal discipline, tackle corruption, keep the lights on, loosen labour laws. This is a lot of things to do, and the sheer size of the challenge and tackling it with a government of differing ideological leanings means progress is inchingly slow.
We have a new Eskom CEO. There are signs that some of those involved in corruption are to be prosecuted. The requirement for unabridged birth certificates for children travelling to SA, which has hampered tourism, is finally to be done away with, and steps are being taken to lower the cost of doing business by automating registration and filing processes. The new economic advisory panel is tasked with assessing where we are as a country and suggesting fixes. ..
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