National Development Plan
Creating a better Africa and world through trade
If done right, AfCFTA might just be the mechanism that enables SA to achieve NDP objective of expanding regional and African trade
In his 2019 state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa recognised that one of the priorities of his administration would be to “work towards a better Africa and world”.
This broad objective is difficult to measure, but the National Development Plan (NDP) dedicates a full chapter to how SA should position itself in the world: “The main objectives in terms of foreign policy-making should be to expand regional, continental and African trade based on an informed understanding of the geopolitics of Africa; to develop a healthy consultative and practical relationship with SA’s research and corporate institutions to deploy its foreign service more effectively in the pursuit of expanded trade and investment; and to improve the country's leadership role in regional and global affairs.”..
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