Riyaz Patel
National Treasury’s economic turnaround blueprint, which drew fierce criticism from ANC alliance partners when hurriedly released in August, has attracted some 700 inputs from various sectors of society.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni unexpectedly put out the document: ‘Economic Transformation Inclusive Growth and Competitiveness towards a for public comment.
“We are now discussing that document in an extended platform that includes the Deputy Minister. It is now before Cabinet,” Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, said briefing the media on this week’s Cabinet meeting.
“We are also told that over 700 inputs and interventions have been made by members of the public to enhance the document so that after discussions we emerge with an economic strategy that will ignite growth.”
The South African Communist Party (SACP) said it was seriously concerned about the contents and “sudden” release of Mboweni’s Economic Strategy.
It further “noted with serious concern, from our Alliance
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