Africa needs to be proactive in defining an apt response to the ‘new normal’
The role of women is central to delivering meaningful environmental, social and governance strategies
The “new normal” is one of the most popular phrases to emerge out of a topsy-turvy 2020. What it means in practical terms is open to interpretation, but we can all agree that the way we move in the world and engage with our environment, employees and communities cannot be “business as usual” ever again.
After finance minister Tito Mboweni’s medium-term budget policy statement, the fissures in our economic and social sustainability have been further exposed and laid bare for all of us to take in. The hope that we can achieve the kind of growth and productivity performance needed to bring SA, and indeed the African continent, out of this quagmire without addressing the lack of inclusion in economic participation, the rampant corruption of our private and public sectors, the destructive and unsustainable nature of our “us” and “them” policies and politics, is nothing more than a pipe dream...
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