Radebe and Manuel at odds over development plan
Jeff Radebe has called Trevor Manuel’s claim that the National Development Plan is no closer to realisation than when it was adopted ‘armchair criticism’
Former finance minister Trevor Manuel’s assertion that the National Development Plan (NDP) was failing was a “patent lie”, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. Manuel, who was one of the architects of the NDP, said recently that the plan was no closer to realisation than when it was adopted. Manuel, who is also a former minister in the Presidency, chaired the National Planning Commission that helped to put the plan together. Radebe said the government had made significant progress in recent years. Given that Manuel had seen the NDP through its development and introduction, it was disingenuous of him to claim that it was a failure. For Manuel to bring this up after leaving the government, amounted to armchair criticism. Delivering the budget speech for the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in Parliament, Radebe said: “It remains true that SA is a better place to live in compared to the pre-democracy era and the lives of the majority of ordinary So...
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