POLITICS LIVE: I asked Trevor Manuel what he would say to Zuma face-to-face. This was his blunt answer
10.42 ------ I asked Trevor Manuel what he would say to Zuma face-to-face. This was his blunt answer Yesterday we launched a great new website called BusinessLIVE and redesigns for the Financial Mail and Business Day at a function at Melrose Arch. Trevor Manuel was the guest speaker. Myself, Business Day editor Tim Cohen and Financial Mail editor Rob Rose asked Manuel some questions. It was a fascinating discussion. I asked him this: "If you had five minutes of face-time with President Zuma, what would you say to him?" This was his answer: I would say to him that the only thing we have - the only thing we have - that binds us together is our constitution. Because it sets out what we must become. The preamble commits us to - among other things - raise the living standards of each citizen and to free the potential of each person. That's big! You can't do that unless you are concentrated on what the needs of people are and whether you are actually discharging that obligation to raise t...
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