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There are signs that the treasury plans to exclude some recipients from the grants system through a new identity verification process. (File photo)

Withdrawing SRD grant could save R36bn, but economists say it is here to stay

The grant budget is to be cut by R20 billion but it is unclear how the numbers will add up

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Elected leaders need to use deep dialogue, rather than debate, to grow understanding and trust, so people dare to act together. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

Criticism all round of Ramaphosa’s ‘R670 million’ cabinet amid tax burden concerns

An inflated cabinet filled with divergent viewpoints could also be a place in which any serious proposal for reform will go to die slowly, according to one expert

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read