denel
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another decade to dig out of the mess and regretfully Paks never learnt like us when sanctions were imposed in 60s. Our leadership knew it was coming for a decade and they prepared and went into over drive; first thing was to prioritise fuel security and massive industrialisation; SASOL was born; everything from parafin to regular fuel to LPG is derived from coal here. I am not joking, you must come and visit Secunda, Sasolburg etc; the scale of achievement is to be had; it did not stop there; every passenger vehicle was mandated to be localised in terms of contents; and dual purpose for medium and large engines; Unimog was the basis of all our mineproof and it lives one across so many variants including those borrowed to the americans.unfortunately now is not the time, we are broke, we need mulitlateral donor organization to start, it s time to build up the country, decade of democracy has destroyed the country fundamentals..debt that at the beginning of 2006 stood at 50% of gdp has gone back up to 76% nearly doubled in last 10 years..we are in the same position as we were in 1998
Alas, you have so much talent yet complete lack of foresight in terms of leadership; alas we are suffering for the Paks' blight in terms of leadership and crooks. Fortunately our private industry is trudging along at a rapid pace while the Govt plays with its balls.
When the americans put the squeeze, verdict was simply said... up yours and 'we make a plan'. that was the innovation driver for tonnes of stuff locally.
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