Faizel Patel – 11/02/2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has presented a four-point priority plan to rejuvenate South Africa.
Ramaphosa was delivering his fifth State of the Nation Address in Parliament against a grim backdrop of a staggering economy, deepening unemployment and a stalled vaccine rollout.
The president says South Africa is a nation that has stood together to confront COVID-19 in ways not seen since the early days of our democracy.
He says South Africans have over the past year experienced a terrible hardship.
Ramaphosa says fundamental to the nations recovery is an unrelenting and comprehensive response to overcome the coronavirus
“More than anything else, this crisis has revealed the true character of our remarkable nation. It has revealed a spirit of the people who refused to be defeated.”
Ramaphosa says the South African spirit must drive our resolve to build a new and more equal economy and a better, more just society adding that the year ahead must be a time for change, for progress and for rebirth.
He says this is a year in which South Africa must rise
“This is no ordinary year, and this is no ordinary State of the Nation Address. I will therefore focus this evening on the foremost, overriding priorities of 2021. First, we must defeat the coronavirus pandemic. Second, we must accelerate our economic recovery, third, we must implement economic reforms to create sustainable jobs and drive inclusive growth and finally, we must fight corruption and strengthen the state that has weakened.”
Ramaphosa says in the coming weeks, he will address the other important elements of government’s programme for the year adding that fundamental to the nation’s recovery is an unrelenting and comprehensive response to overcome the coronavirus.
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