"We simply do not have the luxury to emphasise our differences - which there will always be - to the detriment of our many agreements," Phosa said in a speech prepared for delivery at the FNB business club breakfast in Johannesburg.

"In choosing our future, whether those choices are for policy options or leaders, we cannot even consider choosing against certain alternatives or individuals."

He said the country needed to get rid of the negative mindset of "we cure ills with more of the same".

"We must choose for change, for good policies, and for people who will selflessly impact against poverty and unemployment.

We must choose for change and not waste time in formulating a discourse on what and whom we are against," he said.

Phosa outlined steps he thought would improve service delivery.

He said a small and competent team should be given powers to investigate suspicious tenders and that tender processes at all levels of government had to be open to ongoing scrutiny.

"The current institutions of planning and monitoring and evaluation leave a gap.

"I suggest that ... the government engages with the business sector with a view to their releasing a team of current and former executives to formulate advice to government on how to accelerate delivery," he said.

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Aug 16, 2012

blego

THEN THE LIKE'S OF MEMEZI WILL PATLPATLA THE MONEY FROM BUSINESS
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Aug 17, 2012

somaartakeit

nice (hypnotic) words Mr Phosa but truth be told most business ppl don't trust your regime, cause all that you guys have managed to demonstrate so far is that you can not be trusted, even your colleagues voiced their comments at the high levels of corruption at high echelons of the regime which go unpunished most times, so Mr Phosa, you can take this from me, you anc have single handedly reduced our liberties to nothingness, I feel so so ashamed of you anc leaders, and the fact that you are not doing anything against this, shows your contempt for us the ppl who put you guys to power.
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