The President's speech is expected to address some of the issues facing the country - as well as government plans for the year ahead.
CAPE TOWN - With President Cyril Ramaphosa set to deliver his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, the Western Cape government is calling on him to prioritise job creation and driving a thriving economy.
The President's speech is expected to address some of the issues facing the country as well as government plans for the year ahead. "For us here in the Western Cape, we are really interested in what he's going to say about making sure we grow our economy, getting jobs in place because that makes the biggest difference to the most people. Economic growth is what we need and we cannot grow it at the rate that we are growing at now," said Western Cape Premier Alan Winde.
He's urged Ramaphosa to prioritise urgent structural reforms to fix all ports of entry and the rail network to boost economic growth. "We need to make sure that he is very clear about how to get private sector involvement into our port, into our rail concessions, how we make sure we grow and expand our airports, not just Cape Town International. We need to make sure that we are investing and helping the private sector airport that is coming to this province. We need to make sure that we support the expansion in the George Airport.""From energy to water, we need to make sure that those enablers are in placed.
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