Without political buy-in, rebuilding capacity of the state is unlikely
Due to the unpredictability of the occupancy of a political office, leaders tend to resist big medium to long-term changes that have no immediate benefit to the individual, party or faction
The collapse of SA’s economy over the past few months is catastrophic no matter how you look at it. It is an accumulation of one crisis after another, and the Covid-19 pandemic is the last straw. To recover from this will require less talk and far more action, as President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised in his discussion with journalists last Wednesday.
One thing that struck me about the president’s replies was his grasp of the complexity of bureaucracy and how it stifles implementation. This despite the plethora of special committees set-up to ameliorate the risks of bureaucratic red-tape. Often the committees themselves get caught up in the whirlwind they are formed to avoid or dismantle...
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