KHAYA SITHOLE: Ramaphosa’s ANC unlikely to wean SA off unsustainable grants
Over the past few days President Cyril Ramaphosa and his PR team have been on a charm offensive providing insights into the progress report on the president’s commitments from the 2022 state of the nation address.
That list mirrored the fragile state of the nation. Promises made — including a social compact that would be published within 100 days — reflected the president’s hope that his administration could find a way of steering the country’s fortunes in a better direction in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the looting of 2021. Even then it was clear that state resources and capacity would not be enough on their own to deliver on the president’s wish list...
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