Not all potential foreign investors care about levels of crime, protection of human rights, and unethical leadership in the countries they invest in. Some will come only if they get political guarantees of favourable trading terms, saysThis week saw South Africa back at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to try to generate needed goodwill and, hopefully, investments for South Africa.
Only mischief would drive anyone to believe that South Africa doesn’t need massive injections of goodwill and new investments. The question is, have we responded to all the harsh – but well-deserved - criticism that has been levelled at us, as well as the difficult questions asked, in recent years?Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
No real businessman is in it to lose money. If they can make money they will invest in social programmes, if they start losing money, they will leave, no point doing business. Imagine all the ministers paying for the privilege to be in cabinet and serve the people..?