Busa worried about Sona violence, agrees greater economic transformation is needed

The events that unfolded at Thursday’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) by President Jacob Zuma, are of serious concern and undermine the country’s progress in and towards open, transparent and constructive dialogue, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said on Friday. “Democracy depends on mutual civility and on avoidance of violence and militarisation. As a country, we need to do everything we can to showcase ourselves as a democracy, in a country which is playing a key role as an emerging market, in respect of Africa, the Brics economic grouping and other comparable economies,” Busa president Jabu Mabuza said in a statement.