Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes working visit to Gauteng provincial government
‘Our greatest challenges — in Gauteng and across the country — are unemployment and poverty,’ the president said
President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke out against recurring problems pertaining to governance failures, financial mismanagement, crumbling infrastructure, crime and unreliable service delivery during his oversight visit to SA’s economic and financial hub on Thursday.
He led a national executive delegation which met the Gauteng provincial executive as part of efforts aimed at ramping up service delivery in the province, which contributes nearly 40% to GDP but continues to be dogged by high unemployment, violent crime, vandalism of infrastructure, poor roads, electricity and water networks, corruption, and poor service delivery. ..
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