South Africa: Ramaphosa’s economic plan centred on fixing crumbling municipalities

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Opening of Parliament Address was anchored on giving MPs a masterclass on how the economy works and outlining priority measures to get inclusive growth and job creation going.

A centrepiece of his plan to grow the economy and create jobs involves targeting reforms to municipalities around the country, most of which are dysfunctional, cannot deliver basic services such as water and electricity, face crumbling infrastructure and cannot process regulatory…