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SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom will hang over Ramaphosa strategy
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES241829
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This followed two days after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which offered an honest assessment of the steep deterioration in the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247562
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Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256278
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SOUTH AFRICA: Budget gains wide investor approval
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES259794
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While details are scant, the 'social compact' reportedly includes clearer deliverables than previous recovery plans. However, fears persist over government capacity to deliver and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256532
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It also raises questions about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reform plan for state-owned enterprises (SOEs), crucial to growth prospects and the restoration of public finances, as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253386
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However, cuts to the social grants budget and a continued focus on the planned three-year wage freeze for civil servants has annoyed (among others) the ruling ANC's ‘Tripartite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259790
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SOUTH AFRICA: SAA funds would undermine wider agenda
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES256370
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Inflation seems to have returned to the economy following three years of near-continual deflation. After years in the doldrums, the Croatian economy is finally experiencing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225134
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The pandemic has sharpened questions about the role of South Africa's extensive social grants system in wider economic policy. In particular, emergency provisions have focused…