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Wasted effort: The government’s reliance on the petrol and diesel vehicle export market now looks like a disastrous industrial policy, according to three economists. (Kevin Sutherland/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
AGRICULTURE

The fable of SA’s special economic zones

The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?

  • Lisa Thompson
  • Patrick Bond
  • Pamela Tsolekile de Wet
7 min read