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Goldman Sachs report can end up being lethal to South Africa
http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2013/11/10/goldman-sachs-report-can-end-up-being-lethal-to-south-africa
Goldman Sachs report can end up being lethal to South Africa
by Richard Poplak, November 11 2013, 13:20
GOLDMAN Sachs recently released a sterling work of fiction titled Two Decades of Freedom — A 20-year Review of South Africa.
Although the foreword is attributed to Colin Coleman, the report reads as if it was knocked together by Mac Maharaj during a day at the spa.
~snip~
If the report were adapted into a corporate video it would open with a slow pan of giraffes browsing on the savannah, followed by images of a multi-ethnic children’s choir singing Shosholoza.
~snip~
n every respect but one, the Goldman report gets a failing grade. And the one respect in which it passes with flying colours? It’s a supremely canny piece of advertising.
