A public-private social pact is required to take advantage of the resource nationalism-driven resource price boom

South Africa faces its biggest economic crisis since the end of apartheid — perhaps bigger even than the Covid-induced economic crisis — despite glowing reports of economic green shoots by the government and some business leaders.

Policymakers must explore this approach to economic growth or developmental state

As SA’s financial crisis worsens, pressure will fall on the private sector to provide infrastructure and essential services,  essentially playing the role the state fails to play