It is time to measure business success on its social impact and not on how much profit a business can make. [Interjections.] The path that we are currently on is unsustainable and will end in class conflict. [Interjections.] The South African working landscape has changed to such an extent that it is hardly recognisable. The days of certainty about being employed in the same job for a long period are over. Today, most workers are either temporary full-time employees or casualised labour- brokered staff. This uncertainty causes undue stress on an overstressed workforce.
Some sectors of our society feel that our labour laws are restrictive to business growth. This perception is based purely on accumulation of profit as the objective. In other words, then, let's make profit regardless of the consequences on the people of South Africa. [Interjections.] These money- hungry exploiters of our people need to begin changing their behaviour and putting the interests of our nation first. [Interjections.] It is unpatriotic to exploit South African workers, or any worker.