Zuma tones down the radical rhetoric at Cape NDP celebration
‘Inclusive growth’ was the focus of the president’s speech at an event to mark the fifth anniversary of the National Development Plan
President Jacob Zuma used a celebratory dinner for the National Development Plan to stress the importance of inclusive economic growth in accomplishing the goals of the national plan.His address in Cape Town on Tuesday evening, at an event to mark the fifth anniversary of the NDP, was a tempered version of the "radical economic transformation" mantra his backers have become known for, ahead of the ANC’s elective conference in December.Instead, Zuma opted for a reference to "inclusive growth", a phrase that has been used by former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.The South African economy recently crawled out of a technical recession and is not expected to grow much more than 1% this year. Unemployment remains stubbornly high.However, the summation of Zuma’s address was that even stronger growth figures will be of no use if a healthier economy does not benefit the majority of South Africans."One area where the long schedule of apartheid has not ...
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