DUMA GQUBULE: Godongwana has two choices: one for growth, the other for economic suicide
Some believe SA’s reported fiscal crisis is being exaggerated for political purposes
17 October 2023 - 05:00
Six weeks ago, at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s engagement with the media and academics, author and columnist Justice Malala said to me: “You must be happy that the president says he will implement a basic income grant (BIG).”
I replied that it is one thing for the president to say he wants to implement a BIG. But the Treasury could cancel the plan. The Treasury cancelled a R400bn infrastructure fund the president launched in September 2018. ..
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