THULI MADONSELA: Weighing people against the market
There was plenty of acclaim for Enoch Godongwana after his medium-term budget. But do his warnings about the SRD grant reflect the country’s constitutional promise?
17 November 2022 - 05:00
Does the economy serve the people, or are the people here to serve the economy?
Put another way, do we see the government as running a business where growth is central, or do we see it as running a social enterprise where the degree to which people thrive is central and the economy is there to serve this purpose?..
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