OPINIONISTA: ANC’s empty promises doom SA to the economic doldrums By Makashule Gana
The recently released unemployment statistics emphasise South Africa’s losing battle against poverty and inequality as a result of an economy in the doldrums. The ANC-led government shows no sign of stemming the tide of surging joblessness as the country reached the highest unemployment rate in 11 years, at 29.1%.
One can see how governance is a crucial factor in the unemployment figures without even comparing South Africa to its international peers, but by looking locally at the distinction between the ANC-run provinces and the Democratic Alliance-run province of the Western Cape. Gauteng is the biggest culprit among ANC governments in the scandal of invoices unpaid within the 30-day period. In the 2018-19 financial year, the Gauteng government owed businesses R2.6-billion in unpaid invoices. By contrast, the Western Cape government paid 99.4% of its invoices for suppliers within 30 days and owed only R240,497 in the 2018/2019 financial year.
While Gauteng achieved top honours as the province with the highest matric pass rate in 2018, the province achieved a retention rate of only 49.67% as compared to the Western Cape’s 62.9%. Without a clear strategy to keep learners in school and improve the quality of education, it can be assured that most of the youth in Gauteng will continue to add to the masses of unemployed every year.
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