LET'S SUPPORT OUR GOVERNMENT
The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal and its alliance partners have embarked on a campaign to highlight the achievements of our government.
We are doing this because we have noted with severe concern that there are people who misleadingly inform the public that our government is failing.
When the ANC government took over in 1994, it inherited massive service delivery backlogs caused by the apartheid regime's years of deliberate neglect of certain sections of the society.
In the past 18 years, we have transformed the State through creating new institutions and more importantly building a democratic society. We also dismantled the apartheid regime's legal framework and that has enabled us to change the socio-economic conditions of millions of people.
The ANC government has achieved an enormous amount in terms of electrification, house building, water provision and the much needed infrastructure such as roads, schools and public health institutions.
It is worth mentioning that South Africa is measured well in the equality of economic institutions such as intellectual property protection, property rights, accountability of private institutions, good market efficiency.
It is also ranked first in strength of auditing and reporting standards, in efficacy of corporate boards, ranked second in protection of minority shareholders and tenth in investor protection.
Although the ANC government has made extensive progress since 1994, we are mindful of the fact that the country still faces socio-economic challenges that have to be tackled. That is why the National Planning Commission crafted a clear national development plan which we believe will stimulate growth thus creating much-needed jobs.
We are also confident that the massive infrastructure development plans announced by President Jacob Zuma early this year will help our country to industrialise and deal with the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality.
The increase in budget allocation for the no-fee schools is also a clear indication that our government is dealing with the legacy of apartheid.
The new approach on HIV/Aids led at the presidency level is also bearing fruits. There is also a move to introduce the National Health Insurance (NHI) as an intervention on health access for the poor and rehabilitation of public hospitals.
The ANC-led government has also done the following:
- Government has built 3 million homes
- 3,5 million homes electrified
- Government has reduced mother to child HIV transmission
- Government has reduced HIV transmissions
- Spends R90 billion on social grants
- Millions of learners don't pay school fees
- Thousands of students receive tertiary financial aid
- Government has reduced crime rate
- Government has improved access to healthcare
- Government has built schools and roads
- Crafted a national development plan
The media is invited to join us in a march to highlight these achievements. The memorandum will be handed over to Collins Chabane, the Minister in the Presidency responsible for performance and evaluation, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize and Jeff Radebe, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.
The march will take place as follows:
Date: 05 October 2012
Venue: Starts at Dales Park (Pietermaritzburg) and will proceed to the Legislature
Time: 09h00
Statement issued by Senzo Mkhize, ANC KwaZulu-Natal, October 2 2012
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