Sam Nape writes

Growth and the industrialization of Witbank emanate from its aggressive and visionary captains of industry 115 years ago.

To be sustained it needed upcoming generations and progenies free from a virus worse than the Corona 2019, namely, running a business in silos or creating islands within a single eMalahleni economy.

It pains to see a divided business world outside chambers, associations or organized chapters giving an easy entry of foreign markets threatening the livelihood, sustainability, growth and future developments for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

For eMalahleni to be the Mpumalanga Business Hub, Blacks and Whites became sacrificial lambs who toiled day and night for us to bask in the sun and enjoy the last crumbs of a thriving city, if ever there is that enjoyment to boast about.

The Business virus epidemic attacked our chambers by making sure we kept the self-acted business distancing, by washing and sanitising our operations from other distressed businesses, by masking our successes away from encroaching new entrepreneurs and locking down our marketing strategies to our peers.

Business Network is our army base cordoned off by captains and lieutenants of the business industry, protecting its territories from the virus and destruction of future businesses. However, the virus is here to annihilate even the struggling tuck shop or street vendor. It will be the survival of the fittest.

The dream and vision of our future generation in eMalahleni is dim, bleak and cloudy whilst the epidemic is sweeping through eMalahleni. Woe to us if a vaccine is not sourced out by ourselves today, tomorrow will be too late.

Networking is our only available laboratory for our vaccine. Let us all seek to be one like cattle in a kraal. Look and shout for all who will act to the calling.