Deputy President Mabuza Wants To See Township Economy Revival Strategies Expanded To Rural Areas

Riyaz Patel

Deputy President David Mabuza says the work being done in stimulating the so-called township economies need to be expanded to include economic activities in rural communities and villages.

Mabuza was speaking during discussions with the National Planning Commission team focussed on revitalising that sector.

The deputy president said townships and villages presents new growth points of the economy, and said he was encouraged by the interventions put forward to stimulate economic growth in these areas.

The National Development Plan’s Vision 2030, anticipates that economic participation in rural areas will rise from 29% to 40% as a result of land reform policies, support to farmers, expanded social services, higher agricultural output, mining, social investment and tourism.

Mabuza underlined that these are some of the interventions that will need to be considered in order to transform this segment of the economy.

“In including the rural economy, we acknowledge the contradictions