Tough times — and bad advice — are holding back South Africa’s economy
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the mid-term budget statement at parliament, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 October 2018. EPA/Nic Bothma Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg Over the past decade South Africa’s public finances have come under more and more strain. The days when the economy was growing and former finance minister Trevor Manuel brought baskets of fruit to parliament have been replaced by declines in the size […]