Government has rewarded companies that create jobs. |
The government has created fertile soil for South African companies to grow, and to the extent that they don't take up the opportunities offered [through public-private partnerships] it is their loss, but if the local companies don't then foreigners certainly will. |
These results are pleasing in that good revenue growth was achieved in the current low inflationary environment but many businesses experienced cost increases in excess of inflation, due to start-up costs of increasing capacity and fuel price rises. |