Social protection measures are easier to defend when anchored by policy, but the safety net more than 13m South Africans hoped to be part of this year remains a drifting idea …
What if instead of using your bank credit facility to purchase a shiny Merc, you elected to finance a business transaction that would make you a 10% return?
Much of what drove the cost-of-living spike was due to exogenous supply shocks – a reality that fueled part of the tension between the Reserve Bank and SA citizens.