Preparing the Western Cape for the Knowledge Economy of the 21st Century
Preparing the Western Cape for the Knowledge Economy of the 21st Century
In my parallel guise as Western Cape Minister of Finance I presented my Budget for the financial year 2001/2002 in the Provincial Legislature in March this year, and without question the key characterising feature of those proposals was a marked shift in emphasis (in relative terms) away from welfare spending and towards spending to facilitate and enhance prospects for employment creation.