He was one of the presenters at an international retirement seminar hosted by Sovereign Trust SA in Cape Town.
"There is an opportunity for the SA government to embrace the private sector. Ramaphosa promised in his State of the Nation address to institute a process to have a presidential economic advisory committee and to take decision making beyond just the ANC. We have not seen much of that. It has been extremely slow," said Silke.
"If there is one thing Ramaphosa can do, it is getting on with the job of moving beyond the
He had not seen much evidence of Ramaphosa trying to rope in the private sector for much-needed efforts to bridge the gap between rich and poor.