CYRIL RAMAPHOSA|
SINCE the advent of democracy, our people and indeed social partners have on many occasions been able to unite around common programmes to address the challenges facing our society.
As South Africans we united around our very first social compact together when we, after broad consultation, crafted our world-renowned constitution that brought the end to the reviled and oppressive system of apartheid.
Over time, social partners have been able to reach important social compacts around job creation, economic growth, Eskom’s restructuring and the global financial crisis, among others. More recently social partners contributed to developing the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan as a response to the effects of COVID-19.
The impact of these pacts has been varied but largely impactful.
We have been facing high levels of joblessness, growing inequality and high levels of poverty over the past two decades. Our economy has not been growing at the
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