None of us is getting out of here alive. But I do sometimes think I live in another dimension. It is disconcerting because I carry around this delusion that in SA, reasonable people do reasonable things to improve their lives and secure their futures.So, was I in Johannesburg or on Flasnop Snabbler2078 when I read this headline on the Business Day website, BDlive, on Tuesday: "Government to provide R550-million to support black industrialists"? Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies had revealed that the department had received 107 applications for its much-heralded black industrialist programme, five of which had been approved.One hundred-and-seven applications and five approvals sounds about right for an industrial programme, although the R550-million assumes all the project ideas received are approved. Even then, R550-million is a mere 2.3% of the grand target. I said at the time it’s the kind of project you want the deputy to handle, and it is turning out so. The fact remains th...
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