CHARLES MOLELE
OPPOSITION political parties have criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for failing to set appropriate timelines for the implementation of the Economic Recovery Plan he announced in Parliament on Thursday.
The parties said Ramaphosa announced the same ambitious plans when he announced his State of the Nation earlier this year and retold many times before.
Others questioned whether there is sufficient State capacity to implement the commitments in his plan and overcome barriers to implementation.
DA’s Shadow Finance Minister Geordin Hill-Lewis said Ramaphosa’s speech was full of jargon and at times ‘turgid’.
“He should have used this speech to take on the enemies of growth and reform. And he needed to show exactly how, and when, the promised reforms would be achieved. Without this detail, the President will get zero benefit of the doubt,” said Hill-Lewis.
“If South Africa’s economy is to recover at all, then it is not more plans
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