It is sheer folly and quite frankly reckless for the ruling party to have pushed for a national minimum wage in a shrinking economy and dying manufacturing. When other countries have 10% unemployment, their senior politicians resign, states of emergency are declared and the labour laws are deregulated so as to encourage more employment. We have a knack of doing exactly the opposite. It is almost like saying, for example, "If the price of petrol goes up, I am going to burn my motor vehicle." We are experts in South Africa in making decisions that have negative consequences.