Classic Business Breakfast
Quick-fix solutions are going to lead to more problems.
The medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) to be delivered on Wednesday will reflect a harsh reality. The damage done during the preceding decade under president Jacob Zuma is going to have a negative effect on public finances and the economy for some time to come.
Seán Muller, senior economics lecturer at the University of Johannesburg talks to Classic Business Breakfast about why the New Dawn promised by Ramaphosa’s administration will break slowly for South Africa’s public finances.
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