The hard fact is that you need money to make money

machinery. There is no question that lobby groups are not perfect. They falter from time to time, but they are well placed in mobilising the broader community to advance the broader economic transformation, and to participate in building prosperous communities.

Equally, all organised business and labour formations that are an integral part of our society should be able to mobilise their own constituencies to support and prioritise radical economic transformation as social partners and indeed embrace this national imperative.

Black formations can’t do it on their own, and therefore strong partnerships should be forged, in order to deepen the distribution of new opportunities and drive exclusive growth.

Vested future

What South Africa requires at this stage are well-meaning men and women who have a vested future in this country, and who take the indigenous citizens seriously, and are able to realise that apartheid was indeed an insult and disempowered the majority of its citizens, and that any concocted scheme paraded as empowerment is unacceptable and will not work.

We can no longer afford to waste valuable time on schemes that would not work. We have to overhaul the old economic architecture that is infested with cartels and monopolies underpinned by old boys’ clubs, and designed to shut out any new players, local and international, and that situation cannot be left unchallenged.

The Competition Commission is already doing a great job in this regard, and much more needs to be done. Peace and prosperity is not a black or white notion, it is a national imperative.

The economic struggle within the broader national democratic revolution requires each of us to act in unison and strengthen the resolve to make South Africa a better place for all its citizens.

All of us, black and white, must work hard at forging unity and uniformity of purpose, and strive to pull up others along the way. Our future and that of our children depends on it!