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Saki Macozoma Quotes

born 1957 South Africa

Sakumzi Justice Macozoma (Saki) (born 1957) is a South African former political prisoner who is now one of South Africa's most prominent businessman and a leader in civil society.

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We continue to drive financial prudence in our management of our affairs. We continue to pursue a robust investment strategy and identify investment opportunities.

The white South Africans who worked at Transnet also had to have a reason to come back to work the next day.

Once we dichotomise this issue by race in such terms, nobody is going to be willing to support this dream of a true, non-racial South Africa.

We have abandoned non-racialism. I don’t know what happened or where, but we have abandoned non-racialism.

If I had not had the privilege of being a beneficiary of ANC policies, I wouldn’t be sitting here talking to you today.

If we say to someone, ‘I’m sorry, but I’m going to move you because I need transformation,’ they must understand it. You must convince them.

I would not have had the opportunity to join the board of Standard Bank. When I joined the board of Standard Bank, I could ensure that the next CEO was black.

Business and the creation of economic value in society is my passion, not politics. Value cannot be created in society if the political environment is not conducive. That is the territory that concerns me today.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Saki Macozoma (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.