Whether we have a constitutional or parliamentary system, the truth is that transformation is futile
23 March 2022 - 18:01
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KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala. Picture: RAJESH JANTILAL
KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala is taking the civil war in the ANC to new levels. He suggests we abandon the constitution in favour of a parliamentary system in the hope that this would sideline the “anti-transformation” courts.
However, whether we have a constitutional or parliamentary system, the truth is that transformation is futile. It will not empower black people. At its most basic level it is merely a transfer of money (not real wealth) from white to black elites.
Real wealth is in the mind, and only in the mind. It can only be gained by open — yes, “ruthless’ — competition. Competition is the way to acquire skills. Transformation is an opiate. When the whites have left, where will the black community be if they have been featherbedded by “transformation’ but have no skills relevant to a modern economy?
Willem Cronje Cape Town
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LETTER: Competition is the way to acquire skills
Whether we have a constitutional or parliamentary system, the truth is that transformation is futile
KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala is taking the civil war in the ANC to new levels. He suggests we abandon the constitution in favour of a parliamentary system in the hope that this would sideline the “anti-transformation” courts.
However, whether we have a constitutional or parliamentary system, the truth is that transformation is futile. It will not empower black people. At its most basic level it is merely a transfer of money (not real wealth) from white to black elites.
Real wealth is in the mind, and only in the mind. It can only be gained by open — yes, “ruthless’ — competition. Competition is the way to acquire skills. Transformation is an opiate. When the whites have left, where will the black community be if they have been featherbedded by “transformation’ but have no skills relevant to a modern economy?
Willem Cronje
Cape Town
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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