IT WOULD be wonderful to have persons such as Philippe Burger, Estian Calitz and Krige Siebrits (Gordhan’s budget needs to restore country’s credibility, January 13) advising the government on policy formulation in the economic realm (and ensuring there is rapid implementation of recommendations).It would also be wonderful to have an organisation such as the Rocky Mountain Institute as an adviser to the government on issues such as energy, transport and so on across the full range of its consulting service offerings.Please keep up the good work and let us read more articles written by acknowledged experts in their fields and across a wider range of issues.Sadly, we are overexposed to the same old issues affecting SA in the sociopolitical arena. The focus should be brought to bear squarely on ways and means of tackling unemployment in SA, as well as resurrecting the manufacturing sector and "fixing" the economy (as recommended by the aforementioned economists).Perhaps then, many of t...
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