The Principal Investors In The South African

If You Look At The Company Register, Maybe That's What We Should Say To That Business Consultant Or Analyst. If You Look At The Company Register With The Department Of Trade And Industry, One Of The Remarkable Things That You Will See Over The Last Few Years Is, In Fact, The Growth Of Small And Medium Business, Many Of Whom Depend On These Services To Succeed.

When I Was In Government, The South African Economy Was Growing At 4.5% - 5%. But Then Came The Global Financial Crisis Of 2008/2009, And So The Global Economy Shrunk. That Hit South Africa Very Hard, Because Then The Export Markets Shrunk, And That Includes China, Which Has Become One Of The Main Trade Partners With South Africa. Also, The Slowdown In The Chinese Economy Affected South Africa. The Result Was That During That Whole Period, South Africa Lost Something Like A Million Jobs Because Of External Factors.

There Is A Section Of Our Population In South Africa That You Can't Expect To Get Integrated In The Economy Of Its Own. These Are People Without Skills And That Will Include Young People Who Might Very Well Have Matric Certificates, But Don't Have The Skills To Be Absorbed In The Economy. So We Need To Target People Like Those In A Special Way, In A Focused Way So That They Have The Skills And The Capacity To Participate In The Economy. That Requires Special Programmes.

Really, A Critical Matter In The Public Service Is Radically To Improve The Quality Of Management.

A Modern Economy And Society Requires Skilled People, So You Need To Train Them.