'Help state to end poverty'

27 July 2009 - 02:00
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FINANCE MEC for KwaZulu-Natal Ina Cronjé has urged businesspeople to help the government eradicate poverty.

FINANCE MEC for KwaZulu-Natal Ina Cronjé has urged businesspeople to help the government eradicate poverty.

She told the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut that private, public and state groups had to cooperate if South Africa was to win the battle against poverty.

Cronjé was addressing the AHI's meeting in Pietermaritzburg on Friday.

"I invite all our friends in business to assist us to make sure that we eradicate poverty in our province." - Sowetan