2. Annual World Travel Awards
Cape Town named top beach destination
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
3. Growing the Middle Class
“…a better-educated and wealthier
electorate is generally less prone to
political manipulation and more vigilant
about public finance”
“Over time, the values of the middle
Classes in emerging countries become
more like those of the publics of
developed nations.”
Honest Elections
Free Speech
Moral & Good Values
Going Green
Stability
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
* Pew Research Centre 2009
4. From BRIC to BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China and now, South Africa
IMF – BRICS will account for 36% of Growth in next 3 years
South Africa seeen as the gateway to 1 Billion people in Africa
5. Positives
25th Largest Economy in the worlds compared to 35th in
2002
Inflation close to 5% compared to 14% in 1994
Interest rates at 8.5% vs the 16% we seen over a
decade ago
Budget deficit at 5.5% - 4.5%
25% of goods produces are for export – up 10%
Young Population
6. The Challenges
The economy is not growing fast enough
“Jobless Economic Growth”
Lack of skills, particularly IT, is holding back job creation
Over 40% living below the breadline
Out of nearly 50 million people in South Africa, only about 13,1
million are employed
Only 40% of people of working age are in a job
Graduate unemployment in South Africa doubles …… despite a
worsening skills shortage*
Graduates have the qualifications but not always the practical skills
and experience
*Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) i- Cape Town’s school of Economics
7. From Teenager To Adult
The system is not working
Our democracy is 18 years old
SA is still progressing with peaceful change
Transition is a process that does not require upheaval
5 million people have never seen a payslip
We do not live in a normal society
8. The Job Creation Imperative
Government alone cannot solve this problem
Business needs to take a different view
Jobs do not get created by government
We cannot afford to sit on the fence
Business must put its hand up
Stop moving Jobs Overseas
Help our Interns and Learners to get experience
9. Government Has Made This Easy
R 5bn rand in National Skills Fund
R 9bn rand in the Job Fund
Easy to access, some admin
ICT industry MICT Seta pays 50% of the cost of Interns
R 2500 per month for a university graduate
R 1500 per month for a learner
Business is just lazy
10. Job Creation Function
To engage with our customers, government and technology partners
around job creation
The promotion of Internship and Training Programmes
Repatriation of jobs offshored to other countries and the creation of
jobs by offshoring services to other countries.
Working with Government to mobilise business to take advantage of
Government incentive schemes for job creation
Business to invest more in SA which will result in job creation. (JSE
listed companies have R600 Billion in cash...).
Objective for the next 3 years, to bring 10 000 offshored jobs back to
SA
Create 20 000 internships
Create 30 000 learnerships
