As Michael Bagraim says in his letter, a simple rule that applies to growth and job creation is that creating jobs for the sake of creating jobs is going to result in a net loss (“Job creation costs a fortune (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2020-10-19-letter-job-creation-costs-a-fortune/)”, October 19).

If a business establishes or grows it creates the jobs necessary to make that business function competitively and help it grow. Jobs are a consequence of business growth and success only...

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