Die Staatspresident, Cyril Ramaphosa, het verlede week sy lang verwagte staatsrede in die Kaapstadse stadsaal gelewer, en oudergewoonte het politici en ekonome hul s\u00ea hieroor te s\u00ea gehad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hier gee \u2019n paar plaaslike Paarlse stemme hul mening hieroor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Ek dink President Cyril Ramaphosa het \u2019n goeie Staatsrede gelewer, soos al die vorige jare, en ges\u00ea wat elke redelike Suid-Afrikaner wil hoor.<\/b>\n<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat ek egter gevoel het kort, is terugvoer oor hoe die Nasionale Ontwikkelingsplan (NOP) uitgerol word, met resultate. Ek verwelkom wel dat die regering \u2013 soos die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit \u2013 ernstig is oor die heropbou van die ekonomie. ek verwelkom ook dat \u2019n herstelplan bestaan, wat fokus op die uitrol van infrastruktuur oor Suid-Afrika heen, \u2019n aansienlike verhoging in plaaslike vervaardiging, die stimulering van werkskepping en die vinnige uitbreiding van ons vermo\u00eb om energie te skep.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Voeg daarby die ondersteu\u00adnings\u00adplanne om mense en sakeondernemings te help wat onder die impak van Covid-19 ly, fokus op die stryd teen geslagsgebaseerde geweld, groter klem op die stryd teen korrupsie en planne om die behuisingsprobleem op te los \u2013 d\u00e1n kry \u2019n mens hoop. President Ramaphosa se groot uitdaging gaan egter wees om die hele kabinet aan sy kant te kry en om hulle te oortuig om hul ideologiese en ander verskille te oorkom sodat hulle almal in een rigting trek. <\/p>\n
Dit gaan veral interessant wees om te sien hoe hy optree teen diegene wat volgens die Zondo-kommissie se verslag by korrupsie betrek word. Dan moet hy ook die regte mense in die regte posisies plaas sodat sy planne nie net lugkastele bly nie. Op Engels s\u00ea hulle mos: \u201cAction speaks louder than words.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n The Drakenstein sub-region of the ANC wants to commend our President for arguably one of the best State of the Nation addresses in years, this after excruciatingly difficult circumstances, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, July 2021 riots, harrowing Zondo commission findings, rising unemployment figures, efforts to sabotage the democratic state, and a fire symbolically aimed at the heart of his parliamentary headquarters. <\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n Given the peculiar problems of Drakenstein namely farmworker evictions, lack of housing and basic amenities for the majority, destruction of agricultural land for high-income development, chronic youth unemployment, gender-based and gang-related violence, among others, we welcome his emphasis on the following:<\/i> N\u00f3g beloftes, N\u00f3g le\u00eb woorde, raamwerke en taakspanne. Dit is die oplossing wat President Cyril Ramaphosa as oplossing gebied het vir \u2019n land wat kritiek in die waaksaal l\u00ea.<\/p>\n Daar kan geen twyfel meer wees dat die president die ANC en sy beleid bo Suid-Afrika en sy mense stel nie. Hy was nie bereid om \u2019n enkele ongewilde besluit te neem soos die be\u00ebindiging van kader\u00adontplooiing om die ekonomie op die herstelpad te plaas nie.<\/p>\n \n We welcome the extension of the social relief of distress grant. It\u2019s a nudge in the right direction.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n \n The greatest weakness of the President\u2019s speech was its failure to address one of our country\u2019s most critical weaknesses wholly, the culture of impunity.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n \n The President would have sent a very strong signal about ending the culture of impunity and tackling criminality and corruption, had he announced that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) would be strengthened with the financial resources and skills urgently needed to bring the criminal network that captured the state swiftly to justice.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n \n The volume and complexity of the criminal cases are overwhelming.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n \n As the president said, the SIU report, alone, resulted in 386 cases being referred to the NPA for prosecuting.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n \n Without the resources and skills the NPA will never prosecute the volume of cases, loaded with complexity, in our lifetime \u2013 and without these prosecutions our hope will erode further 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\n .<\/span> Extension of the R350 social relief of distress grant.<\/i>
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\n .<\/span> A clear vaccination plan.<\/i>
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\n .<\/span> His commitment to fight state capture.<\/i>
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\n .<\/span> He is the first president to speak openly about energy alternatives and breaking eskom\u2019s monopoly on electricity: \u201crenewable energy will make electricity cheaper and more dependable.\u201d<\/i>
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\n .<\/span> He dealt decidedly with the issue of job creation: business is there to create jobs; not government!<\/i>
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\n .<\/span> The businesspeople should be happy to learn that his government is cutting red tape to help small businesses grow. together with the call to buy local to support local businesses, Drakenstein businesses should embrace and act out our president\u2019s directives.<\/i>
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\n .<\/span> The President takes safety and security to heart by recruiting an additional 12 000 new policewomen and men.<\/i>\n<\/p>\nandr\u00e9 fourie, die drakensteinse leier van die vf plus:<\/h1>\n
brett heron, secretary-general of the good party:<\/h1>\n