Johnathan Paoli
Over the last 30 years of ANC rule, one of the ruling party’s biggest achievements has been poverty alleviation through social grants to deal with the significant increase in the number of poor people who rely on the government for survival, said President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday.
Ramaphosa was giving the ANC’s January 8 statement at a packed Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga and said that the number of citizens who rely on social grants increased to 25.5 million from a population of more than 60 million.
The president said that the 47% increase meant that less people were forced to live the harsh reality of poverty due to the assistance from the government.
“Whether they like it or not, the South Africa of today is different and vastly improved from the South Africa of 30 years ago. And that has been brought by the ANC,” Ramaphosa said.
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