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The idea of sending 10000 youth for skills training is revolutionary, authentically empowering and progressive. It necessitates a nationwide volunteer tutor programme by graduates to support learners in Maths, Science and Languages. Only after the skills foundation has been laid will it be possible to begin genuine transformation, that is Blacks and Africans in particular taking the reigns of the real economy, by that I refer to manufacturing, agriculture, agro-processing, mining and beneficiation. I’m certain that we would be the first African state to implement such a programme. Zimbabweans for example produced a lot of humanities and social sciences graduates, this results in a high quality civil service but does not eradicate the colonial legacy in the economy. Nationalization without expanding the skills base will be artificial because it will not transform actual production relations. Multinationals will continue their hegemony through management fees, technology protection agreements and concessions. First things first, acquire the skills and technological know how through massive public expenditure on research and development and reverse engineering in key sectors of the real economy. On the question of Land reform, transformation should augment food security and land ownership rights in the former homelands. The tribal custody frustrates the development of African commercial farming, since Land without secure property rights frustrates capital formation. The Peruvian economist Hernan de Soto has comprehensively dealt with this issue. I again wish to emphasize that all our policy proposals should be based on realities on the ground and emulating the best model approach. Sizwe Mkhabela ____________________________________________________________ South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za For super low premiums, click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/?vdn=15828 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
