PETER BRUCE: Policy must be based in fact, not ANC fantasy
Exporting what SA already makes could transform our industrial position, strengthen the fiscus, create jobs and cement new footholds in the world
15 August 2024 - 11:19
If President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new government of national unity (GNU) coalition were to listen to every piece of advice about what to do once it finally settles down to run the country post the 2024 election, it would get nowhere. Every man and his dog has urgent new policy counsel.
What is abundantly clear this early though, is that local and international investors are looking at SA through fresh eyes since the formation of the GNU, even though — perhaps especially because — it brought the one-party 30-year dominance of the ANC to a dramatic end. We are in a new place...
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