Business has delivered on its side of the deal but the state is not coming to the party, CEO Initiative leader Jabu Mabuza said ahead of the "People’s Assembly Against State Capture" held in Pretoria’s St Albans Cathedral on Wednesday. More than 30 leading CEOs on Wednesday attended a multi-stakeholder news conference. Soon after came the decision to charge Gordhan, which Mabuza said had "subverted the national interest and the economy’’. It was worse than unhelpful and the president could have done something about it, Mabuza said. He said the business grouping had communicated with the president and the ball was in his court. However, in contrast to the Save SA campaigners, the business grouping has not called for Zuma to go, on the grounds that dismissing a president is not within business’s purview. Mabuza said the CEO Pledge called for ethical leadership, and business would continue to be vocal and would engage with the ANC, which could do something as the governing party. "We c...
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