Tackling economic exclusion must be the new government’s priority
23 June 2024 - 00:00
Since 1994, the South African government has employed market-friendly policies in an investment-led growth strategy. Yet South Africa has averaged 1.2% GDP per capita growth over the last three decades, faring particularly poorly in the last decade by contracting 0.25% in per capita GDP growth. Despite concerted efforts made at investment summits and policy imperatives to crowd in investment, we are unable to move the needle...
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