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SONA 2019 ANALYSIS

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will be presenting his second State of the Nation address at 7pm – in a policy-climate which is not only uncertain, but also counterproductive. Pres Ramaphosa faces the difficult task of not only placating international and local investors and juggling severe domestic economic challenges, but also curtailing the belligerent influences in his own party. The South African economy is in desperate need of a different kind of SONA, one that serves to improve economic prospects almost immediately. Ndumiso Hadebe, Independent economist and Lebohang Pheko, MD of 4-rivers&political economist analyse the
7 Feb 2019 7AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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