President Cyril Ramaphosa Addressed hundreds of supporters in Thokoza Park on Thursday afternoon, where he boasted about the African National Congress’ achievements, despite the challenges they faced towards improving the standard of living in South Africa.
The President spoke about his plans to attract R1.4-trillion in investment in the next four years to benefit the community of Soweto.
“We want the money raised to come to Soweto because we want to promote township economies,” said Ramaphosa. He added that his plan was to host another investment conference to get more pledges from international investors.
Ramaphosa promised the people who gathered at Thokoza Park that his government would take service delivery seriously after telling locals that the DA-led government in the City of Johannesburg was failing the people of Soweto. The president spoke mostly of the economy of the township.
“Soweto must not be a place where we only stay. It must be a place where we do business, it must also be a place where we encourage small and medium enterprises.”Said Ramaphosa.
Some of the promises he made include fixing of public healthcare in the province as well as providing schools with tablets to enhance learning. In an interview with Jozi FM, he said that his office is also involved in ensuring that the National Health Insurance scheme is up and ready.
However, residents were not swayed with the promises Cyril Ramaphosa was making during the address.
Takalani Msumi (30) says that he is not convinced by what the president is saying because he has been unemployed since he completed his degree in public management.
“I have been voting for the party for a while hoping things will change, but nothing comes out of it, they promise us jobs but here am I still unemployed”.
Msumi says that it’s just the same story being told in a different campaign, he hopes that his confidence will be restored when he gets a job towards the party.
The president went on to boast that South Africa was the only country on the African continent to give 17 million people social grants.
