President Cyril Ramaphosa Sets Bold Agenda for Growth and Governance in State of the Nation Address

President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined key priorities for South Africa’s development, emphasizing economic growth, poverty reduction, and a more effective government. Speaking during the State of the Nation Address, he stressed the urgency of job creation and building a capable, ethical state to serve citizens efficiently.

The actions contained in the Medium Term Development Plan will advance our three strategic priorities:

Firstly, to drive inclusive growth and job creation.
Secondly, to reduce poverty and tackle the high cost of living.
Thirdly, to build a capable, ethical and developmental state.

– Excerpt from the Address

Furthermore, he expressed his opinions on expanding the support to municipalities and their progress in eThekwini.

We will expand our support to municipalities that require assistance, drawing on the lessons of the Presidential eThekwini Working Group.

We are seeing great progress in eThekwini as we implement the district development model, which enables all key role players as in government, business, labour and community-based organisations to work together.

As we work to reform the public service and build the capability of the state, we will harness technology to transform the way that government works.

We will invest in digital public infrastructure to give South Africans access to government services anytime, anywhere, through a relaunched gov.za platform.

At the heart of this transformation will be the implementation of a digital identity system.

– Excerpt from the Address