Staff Reporter
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday set out four priorities for the National Dialogue Steering Committee, telling members that as the architects of a new social compact, their first task should be to build an inclusive, citizen-led process.
“[As]s you gather today as the steering committee, you are nation builders,” Ramaphosa said. “You are the architects of the South Africa of our future, which is grounded on a solid foundation, which is our constitution.”
Ramaphosa was speaking via a virtual platform to the committee members, who were gathered along with members of the eminent persons group, and others, for an inaugural meeting at the UNISA main campus in Pretoria.
“The steering committee has a crucial responsibility,” Ramaphosa said. “You will set strategic priorities and coordinate the implementation of the National Dialogue process.”
Ramaphosa said the committee’s work would be judged on whether it reached beyond institutions and became a
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