Ramaphosa Names Presidential Economic Advisory Council

Riyaz Patel

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the names of the 18-member Presidential Economic Advisory Council mandated to ensure greater coherence and consistency in the implementation of economic policy, and to make sure government and society in general is better equipped to respond to changing economic circumstances.

The Council is a non-statutory and independent body that will be chaired by the President and brings together prominent economists and technical experts drawn from academia, the private sector, labour, community, think tanks and other constituencies.

Their three-year term comes into effect on 1 October 2019.

The Council was first announced by President Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address in June.

The Council is a non-statutory and independent body that will be chaired by the President and brings together prominent economists and technical experts drawn from academia, the private sector, labour, community, think tanks and other constituencies. The members, who will