CLAIRE BISSEKER: SA’s political economy is a merry-go-round; no wonder we’re sick to our stomachs
Business appears helpless as the country’s problems are not going to be solved by technical plans
24 August 2020 - 14:25
As much as things may seem to change in SA, they really just stay the same. I’m referring to the business-government relationship and the failure of business to learn from its mistakes.
The business-government relationship should have collapsed after then finance minister Nhlanhla Nene was fired in 2015 for failing to get out of the Guptas’ way, but business took nearly a year before it became outspoken against state capture...
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