PHUTI MOSOMANE
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed at least 100 former members of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the African National Congress (ANC) in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal.
Ramaphosa gave assurances to the former DA members who have joined the ANC, saying the party will overcome the challenges of unemployment in the country.
“We face right now a huge challenge of unemployment. But it is a challenge we believe the ANC will be able to address. Just in the past year and a half, we’ve been able to regain some of the jobs that we lost during COVID-19. We lost 2 million jobs during COVID-19 and 1.5 million of those jobs have been regained. We continue to create more and more jobs,” Ramaphosa said.
Chatsworth Ward 73 is headed for by-election following the resignation of a councillor who now joined the ANC and Ramaphosa used the opportunity to campaign for the party
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