Moving Forward
Certainly, public discussions are focused primarily on the
“South African business needs to become more cogni-
issues of here and now. I fear that without dedicated action
sant of what are the global drivers of competitiveness, as
about the future, our economy will be considerably worse off
Deloitte’s Global Competitiveness survey sees South Africa
in 10 years’ time, as our competitors overtake us in the race
slipping.
to innovate,” said Mr Pillay.
The 2013 Deloitte Global Competitiveness Survey ranked
“Future jobs in successful economies will be high-tech jobs,
South Africa as 24th for manufacturing competitiveness
not low-tech. To this end, we have no option but to play in
(22nd five years ago) and predicted a further slide to 25th
this space – the only question is how soon we do so,” said
position in the next fiv