Media Statement
Media Statement
If we think about it, it should be obvious that an economy is more ecosystem than anything else: it’s the collection of all the choices of living things in it on how to get food and survive. This is something the engine-based approach simply fails to understand.
A ‘social compact’ that actually works ultimately relies on ordinary South Africans tirelessly demanding an honest, effective, accountable and limited government.
The NHI is really nothing less than a cash grab that’ll be run into the ground like almost everything the government is supposed to manage. Think SAA. Think Eskom! Now there’s a thought… Government-run electricity gives us load-shedding – what will government-run healthcare for all South Africans give us? Life-shedding.
This situation of minority governments makes for nerve-wrecking politics. For all the things that a majority in a local government council are needed, like passing budgets and municipal legislation, it’s essentially anyone’s guess whether these things will be accepted by the councils.
While the purpose of a policy stance like BEE – to correct historical injustices – may be reasonable, it remains that such a policy position undermines the Rule of Law – a basic component of any well-functioning democracy.