In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s ultra-high unemployment rate and austerity

South Africa’s economy has stagnated and policymakers ought to be looking for solutions that move us forward

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has emphasised the need to address supply-side constraints, such as the country’s energy and logistics crises