EDITORIAL: Operation Vulindlela is making progress, but at glacial pace
None of the interventions addresses the dysfunction that makes an initiative like this necessary in the first place
One of the most important positives from Operation Vulindlela is that it has provided a sense of momentum for a reform process that had long been stalled. The joint presidency-Treasury unit, formed in late 2020 to “unblock” key structural reforms the government had long promised to boost economic growth, released a quarterly report on Friday that showed encouraging, albeit slow, progress.
Vulindlela focuses on five objectives in electricity, communications, water, freight transport and visas, and a 26-item list of related reforms. It now boasts it has completed nine of these and is on track with a further 11. The rest are “facing challenges”, as they say in the government, or not happening at all...
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