In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s ultra-high unemployment rate and austerity
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		South Africa’s economy has stagnated and policymakers ought to be looking for solutions that move us forward
		
	 
	
		
		Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has emphasised the need to address supply-side constraints, such as the country’s energy and logistics crises