How to solve the Economic-Social crisis in South Africa by Professor Herbert Vilakazi
I was present at the Daily Dispatch indaba where Professor Vilakazi presented his model and introduced his book and I must admit that what he said made a lot of sense. Reading the note below he outlines his ideas but goes deeper in terms of the reasons for the economic disparities in South Africa. This is definitely worth the read and would recommend it. At the indaba agriculture was not the only sector he said we need to focus on, the manufacturing sector was another sector he highlighted. In his speech he emphasised the fact that South Africans need to move away from office based ventures that are part of the tertiary economic sector and only provide employment to the middle to upper class. We should focus on primary and secondary economic sector ventures so as to create employment that is needed by labour workers. To get a better understanding of the what Prof Vilakazi refers to I have included some notes on the economic sectors. And a lot of our industries like mining industry ...