Lee Berthiaume

Like any business, South Africa has a "critical success imperative" — to make the poor productive. The second proposition, also derived from business writer, teacher and consultant Peter Drucker, is that managers — not nature, economic laws or governments — make resources productive.

Our public health-care sector is decaying as a lack of funding and an exodus of professionals take their toll. Port St Johns is a typical rural town in the Eastern Cape and many of the 60 000 residents rely on public health care.