The private sector, experts say, cannot alone be entrusted with the important task of stopping South Africa’s unemployment tailspin
The biggest challenge the president has is the bureaucratic implementation.
Industry says PCR tests and other restrictions are impeding the recovery of the industry.
In his State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said improvement of the business environment would now sit within the presidency and former Exxaro chief executive Sipho Nkosi will lead the ‘red tape team’.
Though the president’s speech hit the right notes, business will be looking out for delivery over promises.
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
Opposition parties say the need for private-sector involvement in state affairs is proof of a ‘failing dummy cabinet’
In the meantime, government will mull the best options to replace this grant with another form of income support
As the president spoke about state capture, opposition MPs murmured disparagingly in a manner previously reserved for his predecessor Jacob Zuma
Ramaphosa said planned institutional reform will improve the enforcement of water standards at municipal level
The president’s strategy to stop the unemployment crisis from spiralling includes cutting red tape and focusing on infrastructure investment
Ramaphosa says fundamental changes are underway in South Africa’s beleaguered energy sector
The president promised that the state will act on the findings of the Zondo commission and vowed to cut red tape to facilitate job creation
The president promised that the state will act on the findings of the Zondo commission and vowed to cut red tape to facilitate job creation
Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address
The president needs to report back to South Africa on what his government has – and hasn’t – achieved since 2018