Dear Africans , Whiles you are all trying soo hard to Establish that there’s xenophobia in South Africa, 🇿🇦 This is What Christians are going through in Nigeria 🇳🇬.
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Bro produce what is asked for.
If it had faults that should have been picked up when you got your documents - go back and address it with those who issued it. Having proper documentation is your responsibility after all. If there’s a mistake rectify it before authorities ask for it. Simple
This conversation has been burning.
And so many of my friends, partners & colleagues from across the world have reached out to me seeking my clarification on my comments made on @theplatformng
While I stand by my comments, I do think that what is needed is for the leaders across Africa to sit in the same room and find each other.
Making accusation after accusation, turning those indictments into a political issue, and egging on a confrontation is not going to work.
We have to stop trying to be right & focus on hearing each other.
For those South Africans with legitimate issues, they deserve to have them ventilated without being dismissed.
For our brothers & sisters who have their own lived experiences, they should be given space to speak.
But, and let there no equivocation, South Africa’s laws cannot be compromised.
My view is simple: We can talk, or we can fight. But we can't do both.
If you agree or don't agree, feel free to comment.
I think we need a publicly available web resource to capture announced funds and track their disbursements & performance.
@feziledhlamini_ did something akin to this for IDC & NEF.
I would say we need it across the length & breadth of SME funding landscape in South Africa. Not a report published once a year. A live running tracker with names of beneficiaries, funded companies and initiatives, underlying portfolio performance data etc.
It would track:
1. National funds announced & launched by the national government. This would include NEF, SEDFA, they yet to be closed Transformations Fund, SA SME (did they
2. regional funds managed by Gauteng Enterprise Propeller, Free State Development Corporation, et al
3. Department sector-specific funds;
4. Enterprise & Supplier Development funds announced by corporates (collectively, these must surely be in the billions now)
5. We would need a standalone page for the (yet to reach first close or launch) Transformation Fund
Any developers out there willing to take this up?
We @MyGrowthFund would be happy to house the team working on this at our offices.
More visibility.
More tracking of live or latest data and (where possible) portfolio committee reports.
Less guesswork.
Lastly, I seem to remember that the government was committed to allocating R1Bn to the SA SME fund. Did they
fulfil that commitment, or has that been left to being a pure private sector initiative?