These are by and large areas in which blacks were effectively excluded in the past. For its part, the SAPP makes its contribution through training in macroeconomic policy management. As an emergent democratic state endowed with appropriate natural and human resources, South Africa offers splendid opportunities to defy old orthodoxies and stereotypes. The strategy of complementing political democracy with economic democracy is a winning proposition of our times. Enlightened and mutual engagement in the process of development will be to the benefit of all, in and outside of South and southern Africa.
Economic development is the sine qua non of the next millenium.
Africa's renaissance depends on energizing its economy. The benefits will be system wide, globally speaking.