Attend to the 46% who are jobless

WORKERS’ Day – instead of merely celebrating those in work, let us turn our attention to the 46% of South Africans who don’t have the security and independence of a job. And let us not rest until there is dignified work for all.

If this ANC government is not prepared to make the changes needed to achieve this, then let us replace them as soon as possible with a government that understands the importance of jobs and what it takes to create them. Government must create an environment that allows job-creating businesses to thrive.

Until government is prepared to abandon the crony-enrichment scam that is BEE, and radically reform restrictive labour legislation, none of President Ramaphosa’s talk will mean a thing.

Workers’ Day is rightly about honouring workers but it should also be about fighting for those who would love to be workers but can’t find jobs.

It is no coincidence that where the DA governs you will find both the best audit outcomes and the lowest expanded unemployment numbers. That’s because these two things are extremely closely linked.

DA-run municipalities consistently top the clean audit rankings. As a result, these municipalities deliver the best basic services.

THULANI DASA |