Sitting through a marathon 10-hour joint sitting of both houses of Parliament Tuesday, enduring a lashing as opposition speakers tore into his speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa responded strongly today.
The president began by saying that did not view yesterday’s debate as opposition to his SONA but that he rather welcomed the inputs as “complementary and supplementary.”
But he added: “There are no shortcuts and there are no quick fixes” to many challenges ahead.
Ramaphosa said his SONA2019 was guided by the ANC election manifesto and about setting out seven priorities of the current administration:
- Economic transformation and job creation
- Education, skills and health
- Consolidating the social wage through reliable and quality basic services
- Spatial integration, human settlements and local government
- Social cohesion and safe communities
- A capable, ethical and developmental state
- A better Africa and World
This year, Ramaphosa said, “We are intensifying our investment drive because we
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