‘Proudly South African’ Business Support Crucial To Save Jobs: Ramaphosa

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa says every effort must be made to support local businesses that were severely affected by COVID-19 in a bid to save jobs and create new ones.

“We have to save existing jobs and stimulate the economy for new ones to be created,” President Ramaphosa said on Tuesday at the 9th annual Proudly South African Buy Local Summit & Expo.

Held virtually under the theme, ‘Localisation as a driver of Economic Growth’, President Ramaphosa said supporting the Buy Local movement must, as a necessity, encompass investing in quality, sustaining local businesses, and keeping jobs at home.

“We have to step up our efforts not just to get locals to buy local, but to improve the entry of our goods, products and services into export markets as well.

“As government, as State-owned enterprises, as businesses, as individuals and as leaders, we need to set an example,” President Ramaphosa said.