It is clear to me that that like many of us, the US ratings agencies do not believe that President Cyril Ramaphosa nor the Finance Minister have the support to take the drastic steps that need to be taken to get out of the financial mess that we are currently in without the support of the business community and other interest groups.

This is my attempt to stimulate change as we cannot continue as we are.  It is an attempt to show that if we all put our minds to it and the business community takes the issue of job creation as a national priority and that the business community and government stops raping the consumer, we can certainly answer the question raised by many of my black colleagues who are seeking solutions.  

The problems being faced in South Africa are not issues of black versus white as the politicians would like to make out but mainly relate to the different value systems between those in the first world and those less fortunate who have not yet arrived in the first world.  This is a divide that is not that difficult to bridge and has been extensively dealt with in Dr Donn Beck’s book, The Crucible – Forging South Africa’s Future – if only government and the business community would listen and implement. 

I hope that these articles would address some of Justice Malala and many other prominent black leaders concerned.  The business community, in particular, should take it to hart when these are the things that are being said about our future:

“I AM ANGRY.  I AM FURIOUS BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO US.  NOT US, THE RAINBOW NATION THAT DEFIED DOOMSAYERS AND SUCKLED AND NURTURED A FRAGILE DEMOCRACY INTO LIFE FOR ITS CHILDREN.  I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO US, THIS RELENTLESS DECLINE, THE FLIRTATION WITH A LEAP OVER THE CLIFF.”

Justice Malala one of South Africa’s most well-known political commentators.

“We came into this world with nothing and will leave with nothing.  So we should focus more on the things we can do for others rather than trying to satisfy our own needs.”

Angus Buchan – Spiritual Well Being – Farmers Weekly (1 September 2017)

“We cannot treat the matter of black economic empowerment as just a redistribution of existing wealth.  It really has to focus on new investment, on growth, on development of employment and so on.”

President Thabo Mbeki