/ 29 September 2023

Austerity, the NDP’s grim reaper

Poverty On The Decline In Sa
South African society is fractured. Of course, economic inequality is a major contributing factor to the widening cracks in our society, but there is more than that.

Ten years after its adoption, the government has failed to achieve the targets set out in the National Development Plan. Looming spending cuts will render the NDP even more futile

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