SAM MKOKELI: Godongwana doesn't have food for the hippo
Without a bold and clear political shift, budget day is just another day in South Africa's continuing misery, writes Sam Mkokeli
19 February 2023 - 08:58
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has promised “tough love” to state-owned companies. We will see this week the extent of his commitment when he tables his second budget since he became finance chief.
His predecessor, Tito Mboweni, often used a hippo to demonstrate the gaping mouth, or hole, that SOEs and other competing needs present...
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