Key quotes from Ramaphosa's 2020 Sona eNCA
inclusive growth, student accommodation, corruption and climate change."At its core, load-shedding is the inevitable consequence of Eskom’s inability over many years – due to debt, lack of capacity and state capture – to service its power plants.
We undertake this decisive shift in our energy trajectory at a time when humankind faces its greatest existential threat in the form of climate change.""This year, we will be introducing coding and robotics in grades R to 3 in 200 schools, with a plan to implement it fully by 2022.
I will make it available to the public together with a plan on taking the findings and recommendations forward in a few days.""The young people who are at university and TVET Colleges face serious accommodation challenges. Some don’t even have places to sleep after lectures and resort to sleeping in libraries.
A new smart-city is taking shape in Lanseria, which 350,000 to 500,000 people will call home within the next decade.""On youth employment, as from today, we begin the implementation of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention – six priority actions over the next five years to reduce youth unemployment.
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