Dear President Ramaphosa, you will never have more political capital than you do today. You are in charge. Tough decisions have been deferred for too long. You will not be able to govern by consensus, writes Mandla Isaacs
This is not a letter about what you should say in your state of the nation address.Mr President, your country is crying out for transformational political leadership.
If I may be so audacious as to give you some advice: I suspect – although I’ll be ecstatic if you prove me wrong – that you do not yet have a grand vision to announce this week.Take one last kick of the ball into touch.Promise the nation that you will unveil Vision 2030 2.0 as the country’s new grand vision.
Business needs to make concessions. With so much inequality, the most privileged among us must sacrifice first. The days of SOEs as job reservation schemes are over. It is foolish to make the economy uncompetitive merely to save a few companies.Create a national fund to retrain retrenched workers and pay them a stipend while they study, or give them grants to start businesses.Is that R100 billion Unemployment Insurance Fund surplus still there? Return it directly to workers to provide relief and some economic stimulus.
The National Prosecuting Authority should act against low-hanging fruit, such as those fingered for malfeasance at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture. Fast-track the overhaul of ports of entry. Beitbridge is the biggest gateway to the Southern African Development Community; establish an efficient, one-stop border post at Beitbridge that is pleasant for travellers and truckers alike, and that serves as a model for the rest of Africa.
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