We must take the medicine before IMF forces it down our throats
19 July 2020 - 00:00
Murmurings that the National Treasury would have no option but to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international lending agencies were in the wind way before Covid-19. The pandemic's impact on the South African economy provided the final warning shot for a state aware of the urgent need to undertake structural reform but held hostage by its political ramifications...
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