DA set to tackle ANC over economy in parliament next week
A debate about the economy, requested by the DA, who says the recession is a ‘vote of no confidence in the ANC’, has been agreed to by parliament
Parliament is to debate the economic recession next week. The speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete has acceded to a request by the DA for the debate that will take place a week after the announcement that the economy contracted in the second quarter by 0.7% following a 2.6% contraction in the first quarter. The DA will use the debate to tackle the ANC government, which party leader Mmusi Maimane blames for the recession. "The recession is a vote of no confidence in the ANC government, its economic policy trajectory, and its ability to create jobs and opportunity for all South Africans," the DA leader said in a statement on Friday. What is needed, he added, is an agenda of reform to turn the economy around. "We are in this recession, with 9.6-million unemployed South Africans because President [Cyril] Ramaphosa is more dedicated to shoring up his political support in the ANC than sorting out the economics in SA. President Ramaphosa’s political consolidation comes at the cost...
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