SABC acting head of corporate affairs Hlaudi Motsoeneng waxed lyrical on job creation, business economics and empowerment at an ANCYL KwaZulu-Natal lecture on economic freedom in Durban on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The agenda was set early in the evening when the ANCYL in eThekwini backed Motsoeneng to be voted onto the ANC\u2019s national executive committee (NEC) in 2017.<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng weighed in on race relations and gave suggestions for what he would do if he were the country’s president.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no problem when it comes to white people. There are problems with black people. Black people are in charge and they can\u2019t complain about transformation when they are in charge of transformation themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am speaking as a professional and not as a politician. I can turn this country around in six months and I am honoured that you believe that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe as blacks are a serious problem. We don\u2019t want black people to emerge and do well in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said if he were president, he would not appoint people to ministerial posts merely because they were on the NEC. He would appoint them only if he knew they could deliver.<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng touched on the implementation of policy, saying he was not a believer in research.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know why we are not moving with speed in South Africa? Because we have copied the West. We are in Africa. We should have our own standard. When you do research it takes three years, and two years to implement. I don\u2019t believe in research. It is not how I operate. If I see a problem I solve it now.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said there was a difference between a \u201ccertificated person\u201d and an educated one.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I won\u2019t go there,\u201d Motsoeneng said.<\/p>\n
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela found in a 2014 report into the SABC, titled When Governance and Ethics Fail that Motsoeneng lied about having passed matric in 1991, when he first applied to work there.<\/p>\n
The controversial former COO said South Africans should re-examine the Freedom Charter. It was a good document, but outdated. A new Freedom Charter that people could \u201ctouch and feel\u201d was needed.<\/p>\n
Before Motsoeneng spoke, ANCYL Ethekwini secretary general Thinta Cibane said the structure would support him to become a member of the ANC\u2019s NEC.<\/p>\n