We should report all allegations of gender-based violence and sexual harassment so they can be investigated by the relevant authorities. Turning a blind eye is not good enough.
Given our history of inequality under apartheid, the importance of having access to justice and protection of human rights cannot be overemphasised. We come from a past where the justice system was not accessible to most South Africans.
The article by Sandile Ngidi on titled “SA’s failure to communicate” (Sunday Independent, July 3) is disconcerting and seeks to disempower South Africans as architects of our shared vision of a prosperous, democratically rooted nation.
It is a thinly veiled attempt to drag South Africans back to the hollow “big man-failed African state’’ construct where our collective woes, real or imagined, are conveniently transferred to the feet of a single individual or distant elite instead of reflecting on our own agency in the unfolding narrative.
Every new factory that opens its doors in the country is a reason for celebration. It means more jobs and a greater demand for support services such as transport, maintenance and security.
A product manufactured in South Africa advances our industrialisation. Through the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP), the government has promoted long-term industrialisation and industrial diversification.
In the townships, functions are incomplete without three-legged pots, tent and chairs, meat, veggies and of course scones. These scones are traditionally baked by a group of women in the week leading to the function as a gesture of good neighbourliness. It may be a wedding, funeral or even a tombstone unveiling, an expected practice looked up to that it raises eyebrows if it is not undertaken.
Over the past few weeks communities all over South Africa have been made safer because of the work of various law enforcement agencies, including the army and the police, during Operation Fiela.
If South Africa is not part of your long-term investment strategy your business runs the risk of being left behind. The country is open for business and offers a sound investment destination for savvy investors.
This week government will share investment opportunities with top business leaders from across the globe at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa meeting in Cape Town. It is convened under the theme: “Then and Now: Reimagining Africa’s Future.”
