Black puppets serve white bosses

20 August 2007 - 02:00
By unknown

I agree with Jimmy Manyi, the employment equity commission chairman, about the appointment of Bruce Campbell as executive chairman of Alexander Forbes to oversee Peter Moyo, the chief executive. Whenever our president raises the issue of racism, so-called commentators accuse him of playing the race card.

I agree with Jimmy Manyi, the employment equity commission chairman, about the appointment of Bruce Campbell as executive chairman of Alexander Forbes to oversee Peter Moyo, the chief executive. Whenever our president raises the issue of racism, so-called commentators accuse him of playing the race card.

But the reality is that blacks are appointed to save white interests. Despite the state's efforts to change past imbalances, some white firms still drag the transformation agenda back. The commission must name, shame and penalise them for non-compliance with government policies.

Philani Lubanyana, Umlazi