Budget 2022: Structural reforms the key to unlock private investment

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Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says stagnant economic growth, an unreliable power grid, coupled with the high cost of doing business in South Africa, has led to a decline in private investment in the economy. Masondo says that as a part of structural reforms, the government will be seeking to dismantle monopolies, create competition, and ultimately drive productions costs down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Feb 2022 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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