Economics 101 talks of the factors of production, including investment, energy and human capital. Each is a constraint, a limiting factor. The problem is that for there to be economic growth none of these constraints should be biting. Unfortunately, all three are biting, or close to biting, in SA. That means all three have to be resolved for there to be material economic growth.
Our government has been spending resources on consumption for good reason: citizens are destitute. Unfortunately, this is unsustainable. The crowding-out effect on infrastructure investment and education means the can is just being kicked down the road. This strategy has bred the chickens that are now coming home to roost: expect more years of low growth and repeated July riots.
Unpicking the growth rate during the Jacob Zuma years will quickly show that debt-fuelled stimulus hid the reality. Now we have all three constraints biting at once. As they will all take years to fix we better start, sooner rather than later!JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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