LETTER: State policy counters investment drive
A government that wants to represent every shade of the political spectrum achieves nothing except the disillusionment of all
22 November 2020 - 20:45
There is no doubt that SA desperately needs foreign direct investment and President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent conference has been proclaimed a success. Yet government policy in a number of areas continues to have exactly the opposite effect.
The SAA scandal is just one example. A further R10bn — or is it now R14bn? — of taxpayer money has been slashed from desperately underfunded government departments to get SAA back in the skies, with the racing certainty of further losses in the years ahead...
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