Evil or just thick? ANC doubles down on job-killing policies that earned world mining’s wooden spoon

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As public consequences of the ANC’s destructive economic policies ratchet higher, Cyril Ramaphosa and his lackeys follow its bat-eared playbook - double down. The President’s economically incoherent ramblings in Parliament this week are mirrored in his party’s Mineral Resources Bill proposal that reinforces the idiocy which has driven the country into the bottom run of global mining destinations. The DA’s long-time specialist, Mineral and Petroleum Resources spokesman James Lorimer unpacks the ANC’s latest derangement with BizNews editor Alec Hogg.
30 May 2025 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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