Radical economic transformation.
This is the buzzword right now.
If you don’t know what it means, give it a test try in ordinary conversation. I bet that you’d receive a dramatic reaction.
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Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the government’s calls for radical economic transformation and says it must happen with urgency.
Ramaphosa, a former businessman, was speaking at the Black Business Council’s (BBC) Economy Recovery Dinner in Joburg on Wednesday night.
He said those that don’t like the phase “radical economic transformation” should wake up and smell the coffee as it would happen soon.
#Ramaphosa says we won’t compromise on our fight for corruption and won’t allow state institutions to be captured for self enrichment
— KhayelihleKhumalo (@KhayaJames) April 19, 2017
He told the few hundred business delegates in attendance that radical economic transformation would entail of black industrialists.
It would also include setting aside business opportunities with the government for black business, said Ramaphosa to loud cheers from BBC delegates.
ANC politicians think we’re stupid they want to implement RET now after 23 yrs of not implementing RET… just political rhetoric #Ramaphosa
— Okuhle Sapo (@OkuhleSapo) April 19, 2017
Ramaphosa admitted the country was facing a tough time economically due to global trends.
This is after the country was downgraded by two rating agencies (Fitch and S&P) and said political and policy instability as the reason.
Ramaphosa called on South Africans not to bury their heads in the sand and admit that there were issues.
Baloyi says we can’t seek to grow the economy while those (small business) who can assist aren’t being funded. #Ramaphosa @IOLPolitics
— Zintle (@ZintleMahlati) April 19, 2017
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#Ramaphosa if u really want RET then nationalize the land and banks and give us details of how you’re going to do that
— I’m proudly African (@FanieTk) April 20, 2017
Ramaphosa said when Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba travels to the US to speak to investors, he will deliver a message that the country has not shutdown and that the wheels were still on.
Sorced: IOL