ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to several issues that are facing the country, from the cost of living to gender-based violence, that the ANC hopes to find solutions for through its policies.
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his closing speech at the end of the African National Congress's sixth national policy conference.
We are all agreed that we must unite all South Africans to achieve the complete emancipation of all our people. This means that we need to clearly define and articulate the character of the ANC as a nonracial, non-sexist and democratic liberation movement that must organise, mobilise and lead the motive forces and society in pursuit of a National Democratic Society.
Comrades, this 6th Policy Conference has affirmed our fundamental position that the people shall shareThis Policy Conference has agreed we need to undertake extraordinary and urgent measures to accelerate inclusive growth, create employment and alleviate poverty. We have called for the state to be strengthened, for our state owned enterprises to be stabilised, restructured and effectively capacitated to drive inclusive economic growth and social development.
Conference has endorsed the actions recently announced by government to improve the performance of Eskom’s existing power stations and to add new generation capacity to the grid as quickly as possible. As the delegates to this Policy Conference, we are determined to achieve gender equality in all areas of life, starting within the ranks of our movement, in every structure and in every programme. We have agreed that this is everyone’s responsibility, and not only the responsibility of women.
All delegates to this Policy Conference are agreed that the development and empowerment of our youth is vital to the future of our nation. The Policy Conference noted once again the historical anomaly of private ownership of the South Africa Reserve Bank and reaffirmed the 54th National Conference resolution that the bank should be fully owned by the state.
Comrades, this Conference has demonstrated more clearly than ever before our common commitment to rid our organisation of factionalism, patronage and corruption, and to rebuild and to renew.
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