Gauteng SOPA: Lesufi puts icing on a rotten cake with inappropriate spending plans to save ANC in Gauteng
21 February 2023
The FF Plus considers the plans that the Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, put forward in his Gauteng State of the Province Address (SOPA) for 2023 to be icing on a rotten cake as they do not address the root causes of the province's problems.
Against the backdrop of an economy that is already with its back against the wall, Lesufi announced plans that entail great expenditure of tax funds.
In addition, such expenditure would be inappropriate seeing as there are no plans for the economic development of the entire province in the context of Eskom's inability to supply enough electricity to Gauteng.
It is clear that Lesufi's plans are solely aimed at spending as much as it takes to save the ANC from a total implosion in the 2024 elections.