THICK END OF THE WEDGE
PETER BRUCE: Business must help shape a new future
Business needs to be passionate and imaginative about what a new SA might look like
I am afraid there are no answers to SA’s economic problems that do not involve the departure of President Jacob Zuma. Equally, I think there is very little chance of that happening before 2019 and if he is succeeded by his former wife, judging by her comments these past few weeks, the Zuma way will be with us until 2024. It is necessary to say the obvious because, hard to believe though it is, Zuma is not that interested in the economy. It is simply another political thing to navigate as he tries to avoid jail. There’s no discussion to be had with him about inclusion, or growth, or even radical transformation. If society wants a conversation about a more prosperous future, it needs to have it on its own. Fortunately, this may happen. Bantu Holomisa has been talking about the need for a national convention to discuss the future. Mcebisi Jonas, too. In a letter to political leaders of all parties, Holomisa writes that a "new vision should respond to burning issues such as land, econom...
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