Big business must be prepared to take the flak.

Byline: Hilary Joffe

Big business must be prepared to take the flak BLSA's more assertive approach is also clearly a response to the weakness of Business Unity SA WILL the new-look Business Leadership SA (BLSA) do a better job of representing the class interests of business than the old? Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel criticised South African business at the World Economic Forum meeting earlier this year for not having the courage to stand up to labour, or the government. There was nobody, he said, representing business's class interests. There is nothing wrong with being in business and standing up for the outcomes that you seek. Business is far from homogenous as a class, which is one reason why representing it is so difficult importers and exporters have different interests when it comes to …