On Saturday trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel implored the nation to buy local as a means of getting the economy slowly back on its feet. There was so much more he could have said.
Even though in theory backed by an economic policy that provides support and protection where necessary, the SA manufacturing sector has had to compete with the global economy in an often uneven race. With a global pandemic shutting borders to trade and the benefits of globalism being questioned, now is the opportune time for the minister to throw his full support behind all local manufacturing sectors that are competitive...
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