The surging rate of unemployment, the growing disparity between the rich and poor, gender-based violence and corruption have led to a trust deficit in the South African government.
This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who was in Cape Town on Tuesday, paying tribute to the late former president Nelson Mandela on his 30th anniversary of his release from prison.
He said that he would use his State of the Nation Address on Thursday to report on plans to deal with the issues that affect the youth, including unemployment, the killing of women and children, rooting out of corruption both in the public and private sector. “We can be proud of our achievements in entrenching the democracy that Nelson Mandela led us so ably to install, but yet there is much we can be less proud of,” Ramaphosa said.
Ramaphosa said that Mandela was unwavering on his vision and promise of providing a better life for the country’s youth.
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