As the 30-year mark of our democracy beckons, we need an honest and open discourse about where we are and where we need to go - and black intellectuals need to keep their hands in the furnace of debate, writes Monde Ndlovu.
Not only do South Africa's youth grapple with poverty and unemployment, they are largely uneducated - but their potential can be unleashed if we nurture them, writes Monde Ndlovu.
From averting a possible civil war, especially after the death of Chris Hani, to negotiating a new political settlement, one aspect SA did not include in its birth of democracy was deep economic discussions, writes Monde Ndlovu.
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The Black Management Forum (BMF) for me has taken the definition of home as a place of acceptance and purpose. And in the process, I have learned invaluable lessons about myself and the cause of the organisation.
The commanding heights of the economy remain in the hands of white people, controlling the four factors of production, which are entrepreneurship, capital, land and labour.
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