Jacob Zuma says government aims to deracialise economy through radical economic transformation
President Jacob Zuma says his administration aims to deracialise the economy through radical economic transformation. "We have indicated that we will build a better South Africa for all through radical socio-economic transformation ensuring that the ownership‚ control and management of the economy is deracialised and is not in the hands of white compatriots only‚" said Zuma. He was delivering his main Heritage Day address at Kameelrivier‚ Mpumalanga‚ on Sunday morning. Addressing a crowd dressed mostly in traditional attire‚ Zuma quipped that had he not left his Zulu attire in his KwaZulu-Natal home‚ he wouldn’t have worn a suit. He said this year the government had decided to celebrate Heritage Day and Heritage Month under the theme: "The year of OR Tambo: Celebrating our Liberation Heritage". The president said that heritage day is a day in which South Africans express how proud they are as a nation. "We also celebrate our local food‚ colourful languages‚ dance." Zuma reflected on...
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