A happy and healthy New Year, says Ramaphosa

My fellow South Africans, 

We have come to the end of another year. 

It has been a difficult year for many South Africans.

Yet, despite the many challenges that our country is facing, we do have cause for hope and optimism.

Our hope and our optimism is based on the knowledge that we have faced many hardships in the past and have overcome them. 

I therefore firmly believe that better days lie ahead. 

In 2024, we will mark 30 years since we attained our freedom. This freedom we attained ushered in enormous changes in our country.  

As we reflect on our journey over three decades, we are reminded of how far we have come and of the important progress we have made together. 

The findings of Census 2022, which were released earlier this year, relate how our country has been transformed in a number of respects to enable South Africans