Corporate Youth Jan. / Feb. 2014 | Page 38

In order for the NDP to pan out accordingly, three areas will be focused on. Namely: • Promoting labour-absorbing industries; • Growing manufacturing, financial services and telecommunications; • Providing a broader social wage to enable even the poorest to have a decent living What are some of the short-to-medium-term goals? Although criticized by some due to reasons ranging from lack of scientific grounds for this initiative to the mandate being difficult to decipher, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan insists that economic growth and employment will experience an increase within the next three years due to the collaboration of the government with business and labour. Deputy