ANDILE KHUMALO: We need skills - fast - to benefit from fourth industrial revolution

07 July 2019 - 00:21 By Andile Khumalo

It is not every day that I find myself agreeing with trade unions. Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's state of the nation address, trade union federation Cosatu issued its traditional response. Although the statement unsurprisingly contained absurd proposals such as slapping a 10% "punitive tax" on all businesses that refused to invest their cash reserves in the economy, there was one good point it made...

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