UNDICTATED: Business appeasing Pretoria a disaster, NHI shows ANC ignores them anyway

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As the “gradually…then suddenly” impact of the ANC’s socialist economic policies become apparent to all, Corporate South Africa’s appeasement approach is coming into sharper focus. In this episode of UNDICTATED, Free Market Foundation CEO David Ansara urges corporate executives to grow a pair, as the evidence proves business’s “ask nicely” approach has been a waste of time. He uses the unaffordable, bankruptcy-inducing NHI as an example: Big Business invested massively in time and resources over many years - but not a single of its suggestions were included in the final document. Ansara spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.
1 Dec 2023 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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