TIntswalo makes more promises

Staff reporter

Durban – While South Africa is trying to come to terns with load-shedding and delivery of promises made ahead of 2019 elections including, building of 1 million houses in Alexander Township, North of Joburg, president Ramaphosa thought, let me promise jobs.

According to Ramaphosa, the ANC plans to create more than 2.5 million job opportunities in the next five years. He said some of these would come from South Africa’s transition from coal-based power generation to cleaner energy.

“Our strategy will also meet the new global challenges of climate change. A balanced just transition to a cleaner, greener future can lead to new jobs and secure the competitiveness of our exports,” he said.

Ramaphosa dismissed the opposition parties looking to unseat the ANC in this year’s elections. “We are the only organization that can take South Africa forward,” he said.

The ANC manifesto attributes some of the challenges faced by the country to the COVID-19 pandemic, the electricity crisis, global political conflicts, the July 2021 unrest and climate change.

It also points out that the country’s economy has grown since 1994, that the ANC continues to provide social welfare and housing for millions of poor South Africans.

South Africa’s elections are expected to be highly contested, with some opposition parties joining forces to form a coalition if the ANC receives less than 50% of the national vote.

Over the last few weeks opposition parties have also launched their manifestos, promising to create jobs and bring an end to the electricity crisis, among other promises.

Fortunately for opposition parties, they did not mess up Eskom, Transnet, SABC, Post Office and other state owned enterprises.

Even Durban, where the manifesto launch took place is a mess.

Condolences to the families of seven people who lost their lives en route to Mpumalanga from Durban.

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