A bloated government is kept without any care for how much it is costing the taxpayer, which may lead the country to go broke.
Newly appointed Cabinet ministers pose for a picture with President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chief Justice Raymond Zondo
And like any other entity or person who is going broke, borrowing money to cover the shortfall between what’s available to spend and what needs to be paid for – the country has been borrowing money. While Godongwana and his department are proposing fiscal discipline and better revenue collection, they are turning a blind eye to more permanent solutions to this problem.
The real reason the government departments have not been trimmed down is exactly the reasons that the Democratic Alliance alleges: the ruling ANC has always used departments to reward those who helped the president stay in power.It is cadre deployment that ensures that all the factions necessary to keep the president’s power base stable feel that they, too, stand a chance to be rewarded for their loyalty.
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