EDITORIAL: Business, politics and economy
Ramaphosa needs business and the GNU on his side, and so does the economy
10 April 2025 - 05:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa has a bit of a reputation for telling people what they want to hear. And when he took a gratuitous potshot at business at the weekend, he clearly was speaking to his ANC constituency. But the president can’t have it both ways.
He knows full well just how much he depends on business to help him fix SA’s economy. The partnership he has forged with big business to tackle the energy, logistics and crime and corruption crises holding back economic growth has been one of the signature initiatives of his presidency, one which has started gradually to reverse the economy’s long decline...
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