Opportunities emanating from the Covid-19 crisis
The unprecedented times in which we find ourselves pose a great many opportunities for the ‘buy local’ movement
The unprecedented times in which we find ourselves pose a great many opportunities for the ‘buy local’ movement. Local procurement is a proven driver of job creation, as demand for locally manufactured, produced and grown goods stimulates productivity and calls for a larger workforce.
Once life resumes its former economic pace – to the extent that it does – much work will be required to kick-start the economy again, to put SA and South Africans back to work. Many jobs will have been lost after the Covid-19 pandemic has run its course as many companies, both small and large, will not have weathered the storm...
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