Smart subsidies and uncomfortable questions

Blanket subsidies mean a multimillionaire in Phakalane can technically pay the same for access to health, water, education and electricity as a villager living below the poverty line in Kutuku. In a constrained economy, hundreds of millions of Pula are wasted in noble, but misdirected support. As the P300 child grant kicks off, MBONGENI MGUNI & TIMOTHY LEWANIKA write

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