Not policy yet, but who would trust a careless state with more taxpayer cash?

22 August 2021 - 00:01 By Sunday Times Editorial

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu's green paper on comprehensive social security and retirement reform, released this week, came as a surprise to many, and has not been well received. Reactions range from warnings about its unworkability and unaffordability, to exasperation that an ANC cabinet minister is once again floating an expensive populist idea that is way beyond the pocket of most South Africans...

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