Beyond the headlines, glimmers of hope
Business is under no illusion about the scale and urgency of the problems SA faces, Eskom being just one of them. Despite SA’s GDP scaling back from 1,4% to 0.9% this year, there are areas in which SA is becoming more open to development. One of these the BLSA is supporting is Operation Vulindlela, a 2020 JV of the presidency and Treasury to coordinate crucial reforms and drive economic growth that has made tangible progress i.t.o.of main sectors: Telecoms, tourism, transport and water. Another is the Presidential Council to restructure SOEs. Ongoing collaboration between business, government and society is needed so that headlines may change for the better.