Delivering his Opening of Parliament Address (OPA) on Thursday night, Ramaphosa called on South Africans to be a ‘cooperation nation’, and to behave like weaver birds.
CAPE TOWN - Drawing on the legacies of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Junior, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to rally behind the new Government of National Unity .
Thirty years since President Mandela stood before Parliament to reflect on the first 100 days of the Government of National Unity, President Ramaphosa looked to Madiba’s words to reconcile the nation. Along the same vein as historic talks such as the Congress of the People in 1955 and the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in the 1990s, Ramaphosa said he envisages the national dialogue he committed to at his inauguration, to involve extensive and inclusive public participation.
He delivered his address against the backdrop of shared governance with political parties which have divergent views on the national minimum wage, Employment Equity and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment , Ramaphosa said economic growth must be both inclusive and transformational.
With the Democratic Alliance and other opposition parties now in the GNU having rejected legislation enacting NHI just a few months ago, Ramaphosa said he believes stakeholders will be brought together to clarify the misunderstandings.
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