ANC’s Social Welfare Plan Unrealistic – Friedman
Monday 1 December, 2008 - 10:57
Political analysts have warned that the African National Congress’ (ANC) “highly ambitious ad expensive” manifesto could come back to haunt the party as some of the promises may prove impossible to realise.
Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Johannesburg, Steven Friedman, argues that there are serious questions regarding the affordability of the ruling party’s social welfare plan.
“Under the current world economic crisis, the big question is whether this can be affordable”, says Friedman.