South Africa is well and truly a welfare state, in which at least 47% of the population rely on social grants of one kind or another. The situation is as unsustainable for our fiscus as it is dangerous. Once a population has enjoyed getting something for free, it’s often very difficult to reverse that. Take Nigeria, for example, where the government has been trying to halt a government subsidy on fuel for some time now. But, under threat of nationwide protests by labour unions, the government there extended keeping fuel prices low as it heads towards elections in February […]
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