Stimulating economic growth is top of the agenda at ANC’s lekgotla
Decisions from the ANC’s three-day January lekgotla are expected to inform President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address in February
Stimulating economic growth will come into sharp focus at the ANC’s January lekgotla, which kicked off in Irene on Thursday. Decisions from the three-day meeting are expected to inform the upcoming Cabinet lekgotla and President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address in February. ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe has said that central to the talks will be ways to boost growth in the current sluggish economic environment. According to reports over the weekend, Zuma had called for proposals on the economy ahead of the policy conference in June to be more "radical". On Tuesday, the ANC Youth League weighed in, calling for the resignation of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, blaming them for the slow pace of transformation in the country as well as current unemployment.
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