JUSTICE MALALA: The mushroom approach to government
The government keeps South Africans in the dark, and feeds them manure
21 June 2023 - 06:00
A priority for astute political leaders is to put as much information as possible about their challenges and plans into the public sphere. To a certain extent, the policies and plans themselves don’t matter much. What does matter is that citizens — particularly economic actors — have this knowledge available when they draw up their own plans.
The relationship between political leadership and economic actors is symbiotic. The more the one knows about the future actions of the other actors, the better one can roll out an appropriate business strategy...
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