Clem Sunter backs GG Alcock, applauds township entrepreneurs, tells Malema they're lighting a path to true economic freedom

Clem Sunter is in a league of his own. The former head of Anglo's Gold and Uranium Division (when it was the world's #1), the Oxford-educated futurist and prolific best-selling author is passionate about encouraging entrepreneurship. Particularly those resilient beings who overcome incredible odds by operating successfully in South African townships, a highly compeititve, under-researched and under-supported sector. Sunter has little time for State-imposed schemes that waste taxpayer money on favouring the creation of 'businesses' by the politically connected. Much better, he says, for government to recognise a veritable army of informal sector entrepreneurs building businesses and creating jobs where meritocracy rules. In this interview with Alec Hogg, Sunter lauds the insights of recent BizNews interviewee GG Alcock - suggesting his voice is the one should be heard above those of many empty vessels whom ignore the township economy and thus have little feel for what's really happening in South Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices