Editorial

Late payments undercut efforts to ignite economy

25 August 2019 - 00:00

By Sunday Times

In the same week that President Cyril Ramaphosa gave parliament a glowing rundown of all the moves the government has made to ignite the economy, small business minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni revealed that government departments owe small businesses a whopping R7bn for work done.

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