EDITORIAL: Is this an example of the ANC’s analytical rigour?
The odds of SA avoiding a death spiral weaken with each day that talk replaces action
16 July 2020 - 05:00
The difference in mindset, capacity and intellectual rigour dividing the world of business from the world of politics is starkly illustrated by the contrast between the ANC’s blueprint for reconstructing the SA economy post-Covid and the one produced by business.
Released last week hours apart, the two plans agree that the pandemic is devastating the economy and that SA needs to chart a new course involving "bold and decisive action" underpinned by "a new social compact" in which all partners work together to accelerate inclusive growth. So far, so many platitudes and clichés...
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