Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa’s Reform Tracker quarterly update, released last week, shows real progress in home affairs and public services; however, there are concerning reversals on electricity and logistics, the two reforms most critical to growth, CEO Busi Mavuso writes in her latest weekly newsletter.
“With loadshedding behind us and the ports performing better than at the height of the crisis, I fear we are falling into the trap of ‘good enough’. For a country with 32% unemployment, good enough is not good enough,” she cautions.
The tracker credited the Department of Home Affairs for progress on electronic visas, streamlining access for tourists and boosting visitor numbers and the associated jobs.
Progress in public service reform was also noted, with Mavuso highlighting this as groundwork for improving the performance of local government and the civil service more broadly.
However, she referenced “concerning” reversals.
