Over the past 23 years consecutive governments led by the ANC have produced and pursued policies and programmes to work towards a seemingly simple goal — the betterment of the lives of all our people. I have been a member of all these governments. As we look back now, it seems to me that it is not just what we do that matters, but how we do it. This is to say, it is not only the policies and programmes we formulate and implement that matter, but how we go about it. It matters how we lead and who we engage. Our policy conference had much engagement on these issues and we will have more shortly during our soon-to-be-held national conference. In recognising that it is not what we do but how we do it, the discussion document on economic transformation at the ANC national policy conference said that, "to be inclusive, growth must combine growing GDP per capita with increasing levels of employment, expansion of productive activities and massively increased opportunities, particularly for ...

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