WHY South Africa should take a leaf out of Indonesia’s book
The South African | 07.10.2026 13:36
South Africa isn’t the only emerging economy saddled with a thinly stretched fiscus. We’re talking mass youth unemployment (47%), deep poverty and a burdensome social wage (28-million on SASSA grants). Indonesia, like South Africa, faced a strikingly similar economic profile a quarter of a century ago. The only difference is what happened next …
