With some exceptions, South Africa’s industrial policy is not working, leaving the nation to continue down its current path of deindustrialisation, says Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) industrial development deputy director-general Garth Strachan. Addressing delegates at the sixth conference of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Thursday, Strachan said that the country’s industrial policy lacked coherence and alignment, and that there was “massive” fragmentation across government departments.
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