PATRICK BULGER | Stamp of disapproval: ‘tough love’ should be directed at those who can afford it
Clamping down on exorbitant bailouts for SOEs is all very well, but what about those who depend on these institutions?
18 November 2021 - 21:00
Perhaps the SA Post Office’s ransom note to finance minister Enoch Godongwana pleading for an R8bn bailout was held up at one of its black-hole mail-clearing centres, not reaching him in time for his budget declaration of no more bailouts for state-owned entities. “Tough love’’ is what they can look forward to in future; the cheque isn’t in the post this time...
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