Jonas calls for 'mature politics, not populism'
'We have not prioritised economic growth. State monopoly is equally a problem'
14 March 2017 - 07:54
Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas made an earnest plea to political parties to refrain from politicising social issues and called for strong leadership in the country. “High inequality is not good for growth. We need to mature our politics and avoid populism‚ which can be nice because you must just identify a problem‚ you don’t have to fix it‚” he said. He was speaking at a panel discussion on how to fight corruption‚ poverty and unemployment at the Gordon Institute of Business Science’s ethics and governance think tank in Illovo‚ in the north of Johannesburg‚ on Monday evening.
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