Tomorrow, President Cyril Ramaphosa will present parliament with a plan to save the economy. It had better look a great deal better than the one presented to the cabinet last week, or SA is in more trouble than we thought.

The 50-page presentation lacks the clarity of the National Economic Development & Labour Council (Nedlac) economic recovery document it was built on. If that plan had been implemented a few months after Ramaphosa assumed power in 2018, SA might be a different place today...

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