The executive chairman of Independent Media, Dr Iqbal Survé, says the African continent and the world needs Chinese leadership at the present moment as other countries are turning backs on the continent.
Speaking during a webinar on Monday, Survé said what is unique with China’s relationship with Africa is the fact that the relationship is based on benefiting both parties.
Survé said while the media group he chairs gives China news coverage, unlike others, it was doing so with no malicious intentions and it was doing so objectively. Continuing on the importance of the Africa-China relationship, Ndipiwe Madiba, from the Madiba clan in the Eastern Cape, told the webinar that the relationship is critical for the development of South Africa. He added that the Chinese economic model shows that state-owned enterprises have a role to play in economic development and South Africa should prioritise their own SoEs in its bid to rebuild its struggling economy.
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