ANC Transformation Commission Chairman Zweli Mkhize
aNorth Carolina Reform Commission chairman Zweli Mkhize has promised that the ruling party will tackle the inflation that is hitting South Africans hard.
He was giving reporters at the party's Luthuli House headquarters on Friday an overview of the ANC manifesto's priority three plan, which deals with tackling the high cost of living.
With polls suggesting the ruling party will receive less than 50% of the vote in the May 29 election, Prime Minister Ramaphosa said last week at the ANC manifesto launch at Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium that the party will He announced that he had come up with six priority plans for the next election. Addressing poverty will take more than five years.
These include improvements in energy, rail and logistics, as well as employment planning, reindustrialisation, lowering the cost of living, access to education and access to health.
“By addressing the cost of necessities such as food, housing, health care, and health care, we will make everyday life easier for everyone, including workers, the working-class poor, the unemployed, women-led households, and the middle class.” We will tackle the cost of living to make life more affordable: energy, transport and wages,” Mkhize said.
According to World Bank data, approximately 55.5% (30.3 million people) of South Africa live in poverty based on the national poverty line of R992, and 13.8 million (25%) experience food poverty. are doing.
He said the high and unaffordable cost of living was compounded by the most pressing food problems affecting millions of people living in informal settlements, townships, wealthy suburbs, and peri-urban and rural areas. Said to be included.
He said the ANC remained focused on eliminating poverty, unemployment and inequality, the legacies of colonialism and apartheid.
To achieve this, “we need to reach out to all South Africans, especially the unemployed who live in poverty, child- and female-headed households, and those living in rural and underserved areas.” Several measures will be taken, including raising the social wage for those who live in poverty. Mr Mkhize said.
“Over the years, these measures have had significant success in reducing South Africa's poverty rate from 71.1% in 1993 to less than 56% in 2020. Millions of people are “tinstwalos.”What the president said in his State of the Union address [Sona]”
Ramaphosa used the fictional character Tintswalo, who has been a beneficiary of ANC rule since 1994. The benefits he mentioned include free RDP His House, free electricity, access to clean water, provision of basic services, free education and employment opportunities.
Mr Mkhize said the ANC was committed to the mission of creating a better life for all, and the basis of Priority 3 reflected the ANC's determination to tackle head-on the problems facing average South Africans. He added that
“This priority builds on our unwavering commitment to supporting the most vulnerable in our society, addressing economic hardship, and paving the way to a more sustainable, fair and inclusive future for all.” It means commitment.”
