Going by the figures in the article “Business, labour and state too big to create work for the small man” (October 15), cold logic says that at 98.5% of businesses the economy is saturated with small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). If those SMMEs account for only 28% of formal employment then surely the solution lies in supporting an expanded and more corporate sectorism. Add the desire for “doing something extraordinary”, then talking about “interventions” is moot. Mining and construction have gone into job-shedding decline over the past decade. Without them the services, retail and government sectors will surely follow suit, and even more quickly if energy, labour and food prices escalate as much as they are doing. The two eggs that must be broken to bake this cake are labour and environmental regulation. Suspend these systems for, say, three years, with the government shifting its efforts during that time to managing energy price escalations, guaranteeing public safety and...
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