There is an almost unbearable cacophony of voices screaming for finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s head. He must go, they clamour, and he must go now. But these calls don’t make sense.

We now need to confront the fact that ministers can be hired and fired in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government and yet nothing will change. Kick out Godongwana and replace him with a genius, and things will toddle on the same...

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