BUSISIWE MAVUSO: Private sector is ‘in the ring’ and wants to do more
Business could do far more if government allowed it to, particularly by opening up more areas of the network industries
13 February 2023 - 05:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s words at last week’s African Mining Indaba were music to my ears. “We want the private sector not to feel shy, not to stand back,” he said. “But also not to stand on the rooftops and just criticise. We want them to get into the ring, so that we work together to solve our problems.”
He reinforced that message in his state of the nation address on Thursday evening...
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