A P388bn bet on transformation

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New pathways: Solar projects form a sizeable number of the public and private projects proposed in the draft NDP and other documents

The draft NDP12 proposes P388 billion in spending over five years, with the greatest injection of private sector capital ever sought by government. It’s huge and given the economic crisis, it had to be. How doable is it? MBONGENI MGUNI writes

There’s a wonderful thing about words, how two seemingly similar words can mean totally different things. Wordsmiths know this very well how connotations and context flow in between unassuming letters, words and sentences.

The difference between a “bold” plan and an “ambitious” one is, thus miles apart. The first is aspirational, something the planners can be proud of aiming for, while the other sounds, well, dreamier, or not grounded in reality at best.

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A P388bn bet on transformation

The draft NDP12 proposes P388 billion in spending over five years, with the greatest injection of private sector capital ever sought by government. It’s huge and given the economic crisis, it had to be. How doable is it? MBONGENI MGUNI writes

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