EDITORIAL: ’Tis the season for policy adventurism
Voters ought to disregard populist promises as meaningless waffle
13 June 2023 - 05:00
In case you missed it, the 2024 electioneering campaign is under way. A hallmark of this pre-election season has been a raft of promises, smacking of costly policy adventurism on all sides of the spectrum.
A fortnight ago the DA, the official opposition, pledged to save the poor not by growing the economy, its long-standing mantra, but by increasing social grants...
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