Opinion

Evolution of ANC economic policy sheds light on row over central bank

The party failed to address the issue of the Reserve Bank's mandate when it should have, at Codesa. We need sober debate about it now

07 July 2019 - 00:07 By VISHNU PADAYACHEE, IMRAAN VALODIA and ROBERT VAN NIEKERK

The recent squabble over the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank has very little to do with real economic policies. Instead it is emblematic of the intensely polarised political distrust within the ANC. Compounding the problem is the lack of any coherent grand vision from the ANC about the road it wishes SA to embark on...

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