Job creation, growing the economy top Gauteng priority list – Makhura

GAUTENG Premier David Makhura says the creation of jobs and growing the economy are the top two priorities for the Gauteng Provincial Government.

Makhura was delivering the State of the Province Address during a sitting of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Monday.

The Premier said the economy of the province – much like the rest of the country – is reeling because of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Makhura said this has spurred the provincial government into action to change the lives of those living in the province.

“[We] are boldly shifting our main focus and energies to tackle unemployment through economic recovery and reconstruction. The economy has been devastated and the democratic gains in the quality of lives of the people have substantially been eroded.

“After so much death and destruction of lives and livelihoods, it is time to rebuild and do so with the greatest sense