Ramaphosa urges South Africans and the government to strengthen the economy
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa used his Christmas message to urge South Africans and the government to focus on strengthening the economy and resolving challenges preventing investment. “We need to work together as social partners to secure our economy by removing all the obstacles to investment and move South Africa to higher level[s] of growth‚” Ramaphosa said. “The signs of recovery are there‚ and we must do all we can to ensure that we turn our economy around.” Read his full Christmas message: “2017 was made special by the national celebration of the centenary year Oliver Reginald Tambo. “He embodied our constitutional values of democracy‚ human rights and social justice. “His personal qualities of selflessness‚ integrity‚ trustworthiness and empathy should inspire all of us to follow in his footsteps and we work to unite our society‚ eradicate abuse‚ racism and sexism and prejudice. “2017 was a year in which despite of progress we have made in several areas we continued to se...
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