LETTER: Promises made in the Sona, stay in the Sona
The president can talk the talk, but his walk shows little forward progress
12 February 2021 - 15:29
President Cyril Ramaphosa's reference in his state of the nation address (Sona) on the apparent success of the presidential employment stimulus programme was one of those announcements that look good when talking but don’t add up when investigating (“More than 430,000 jobs created in nearly four months, Ramaphosa says (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-02-11-more-than-430000-jobs-created-in-nearly-four-months-ramaphosa-says/)”, February 11).
First, these jobs are all within the civil service, yet we all know the civil service is bloated and should, in fact, be reduced by almost 50%. ..
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