DUMA GQUBULE: Government of neoliberal unity capitulates in budget
Mid-term budget has no underlying national vision for GDP growth and jobs
05 November 2024 - 05:00
After four months, in its first budget, the “government of neoliberal unity” (GNU) has thrown in the towel and said it cannot do anything about the country’s unemployment crisis.
The Treasury’s monomaniacal focus on public debt, and the relentless fearmongering about it, has trumped everything in the GNU’s lame statement of intent, which is so vague it can be interpreted to mean anything. ..
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