Governments don’t technically create jobs, they only make the environment easier for job creation.
The UAE government doesn’t create most jobs in the UAE. about 85% are in the private sector. The UAE government makes the system easy for investors to flow in, both local and international.
The USA, Japan, Qatar , and other well-functioning countries with lower unemployment rates did the same thing.
It took me 4 days to set up a well-functioning business in Qatar 🇶🇦, while I’ve been battling with the DTI in South Africa for the past 5 years.
South Africa has laws and systems that make it difficult for investors to operate both local and international and many locals (Black South Africans) are raised more in an employee mindset rather than an entrepreneurial one.
Locals should be more entrepreneurial.
The government should make job creation easier for any investors.
WHY WESTERN CAPE STANDS OUT📍🚨
Camps Bay didn’t become Camps Bay because of ANC or DA magic… the people built their own homes, invested in their area, and held value.
Government did what it’s supposed to do: provide basics water, sewerage, electricity, refuse collection. That’s not excellence, that’s the job description.
Residents there are paying up to R40,000 in rates & taxes… and a portion of that literally subsidises poorer communities across the Western Cape.
So the real difference? Functioning systems + citizens who pay, build, and maintain… not empty political slogans we see here in Joburg
“The majority of South Africans are unemployed because they’re unemployable, they’re unemployable because they don’t have the necessary skills to drive a modern economy. We boast about having so many people on the SASSA social welfare program as if it’s an achievement whereas it’s a failure.” - President Thabo Mbeki 🇿🇦
The Gulf Arab countries let American bases onto their territory. Naively, they expected protection from them. Like hell! The US just uses them, while protecting only one country. Think long and hard about whether you really need US bases – they’re not protection, they’re a threat