SA should do more business online

"If Ghana can, South Africa can."
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I've heard rumours before that Ghana is just itching to take a juicy chunk of the call center business away from SA.
 
Sadly, if the rumours of the JZ-lead voice within the ANC get their way, our next presidency will instigate
She warned that over protective labour regimes could "protect a worker out of a job".
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As it is, government still refuses to acknowledge "Managed Liberalism" for the failure it is and is now looking at splinting / bandaging the issue with even more control "for the benefit of citizens" while the country continues to suffer and stakeholders fill their pockets.
"It doesn't require lots of money (to change) but rather political will and focus."

She said that while it involved nine documents to import goods into South Africa, Denmark and Hong Kong required only three.

"Make it online," she stressed.

"If Ghana can, South Africa can."
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It may not require lots of money, but it'll save money which means the ripple-effect being less money is made through customs, retailers high markup becomes apparent and the ecomony takes a knock. Interest rates will rise again if goods become cheaper and consumers start buying more on credit (assuming retailers lower their cost to avoid looking greedy by keeping their markup high) and the exchange rate fluctuations will continue in the short to medium term. Not the kind of instability the government wants even though the medium- to long-term benefits outweigh any short-term issues. Besides, our government has a poor track record for long-term policy. Everything they do is aimed at short-term gain for themselves from each election to the next.
 
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