Jan 2020
By: Asghar Adelzadeh and Pali Lehohla
Daily Maverick
An economy is a complex machine with innumerable economic, social, financial, political and spatial parts moving, and responding simultaneously. Understanding this complexity is a necessary condition to anchor policies for a better life for all.
On 18 December 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa penned an Opinionista article in Daily Maverick titled “A new era in energy generation”. We have drafted an article in “his voice” giving an alternative view of the future.
“In the wake of continuing poor performance of the economy and keeping with the ANC’s last Election Manifesto, the government has agreed to a number of policy measures to accelerate the pace of economic growth, job creation, and reductions in poverty and inequality. In effect, the path has been cleared on a significant scale for South African growth and development over the next decade.
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