Mboweni resuscitates the myth of a ‘good story to tell’
Last month, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni had the unenviable task of releasing an adjusted supplementary budget for the country. This was in response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is having an impact on not only revenue generation, but also expenditure, as new needs emerge.
As Mboweni spoke, I was reminded of former president Jacob Zuma’s 2014 state of the nation address, when he claimed that government had “a good story to tell”. The
