Keyword: economic change

Is the ANC Serious about 'Radical Economic Transformation'?

Picture: Citizen Alert ZA Blog Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - Presidents’ relish shorthand descriptions of the agenda they are implementing. In Jacob Zuma’s first term of office, the term “faster change” played that role. Bureaucrats and politicians quickly took up this term not merely to demonstrate loyalty to a newly installed President, but also because many in public service valued a commitment to accelerating change. The term however faded from usage, buried in inaccessible policies and procedures, and the absence of a...