Only time will tell whether Mboweni promises are also empty
25 October 2018
The new Minister of Finance, Mr Tito Mboweni, does indeed identify the real reasons behind the country's economic stagnation, but only time will tell whether he will or can take decisive action to do something about it.
The Minister's biggest problem is that his own political party lacks the political will to take decisive action to cut unnecessary expenditure, reduce the government's payroll and in so doing ensure policy certainty.
The Minister even quoted from the Bible (Isaiah 58:12) where it says that the ancient ruins will be rebuilt.
That is an admission that the ANC has torn South Africa down and now all that is left of our country is a ruin. The Minister also failed to mention exactly how the country's economy is going to be rebuilt.