PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that government’s investment drive to raise R1.2 trillion in five years is within reach.
Ramaphosa was addressing Parliament during his budget vote speech on Thursday.
Earlier, his speech was delayed and disrupted by several members of opposition parties in light of a criminal complaint lodged against the president following the alleged theft of foreign currency from his Limpopo game farm in 2020.
Irate members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) objected to Ramaphosa’s presence in the chamber, saying he was a ‘murderer’, a ‘criminal’ and a ‘money-launderer’.
But Ramaphosa was later allowed to continue with his speech after EFF members were physically removed from the chamber.
He told Members of Parliament (MPS) that ordinary South Africans did not care about the political squabbles, the competition between political parties, the intrigues, the plots and the rivalries seen in Parliament.
He said ordinary people were more
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