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Johannesburg -
South Africa must look for ways to encourage business - in
honour of SA Communist Party stalwart Joe Slovo, ANC treasurer
Mathews Phosa said on Wednesday.
"We must look at all avenues to assist companies who want to
create new opportunities for job seekers and entrepreneurs," said
Phosa in his prepared remarks at the Joe Slovo Memorial Lecture.
"The question that is uppermost in my mind is how do we honour
Slovo and other leaders who suffered much more than we did. Whilst
we cannot honour him in our life, we can honour him with the way we
live."
Phosa said in his remarks that South African companies should
have the chance to expand beyond the country's borders while BEE
benefits should become "more practical, reciprocal, and less
bureaucratic."
He said the country must fight corruption "without any mercy"
and praised Slovo for going into government despite "lucrative
alternatives".
"As a white person, he set an example that leadership and
participation in charge has no race, nor culture or preferred
language.
"It simply takes guts, good ideas and hard work to create a
better life for all," said Phosa.
- Sapa