LETTER: Ulterior motives for lambasting of Davies
Divisive anti-communist agenda targeting trade and industry minister fails to acknowledge his many achievements
Trade and industry minister Rob Davies has steered the department of trade & industry to be recognised as the best performing in government. The divisive anti-communist agenda targeting him and his cabinet colleagues for removal from the economic cluster noticeably ignores the contribution he has made. He has maintained a world-class automotive sector that contributes 33% towards manufacturing and about 6% to GDP through the production of about 600,000 vehicles a year. The sector supports 113,000 jobs, has doubled exports and attracted R45bn in investment by the leading global vehicle manufacturers. Key labour-intensive sectors are supported for growth. The clothing and textile competitiveness programme contributes 8% to manufacturing GDP and 2.9% to overall GDP. This support measure contributed to the employment of 95,000 workers and the investment of about R7bn. A R1bn agro-processing support scheme aimed at ramping up investment, value addition across the sector and creating a gl...
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