Media release by Premier Alan Winde ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address
9 February 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow deliver his State of the Nation Address. The announcements made in this important speech will have a direct impact on the people of the Western Cape. We hope to hear from him on a number of important areas that will enable us to fight the pandemic of unemployment in the Western Cape and South Africa.
Lifting the National State of Disaster:
It is now time to end the National State of Disaster and to normalize our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through existing national public health legislation. We urge the President to take the country into his confidence and set out his plan, which should result in the declaration expiring on 15 February. Instead, we should focus on investment in new infrastructure, and policies that enable private-sector-led growth.
Outlining a clear strategy to address police resourcing constraints: