Governance

South Africa’s time has arrived! That’s the sentiment that reverberated in Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF) as our nation shared with global leaders the many advances we have had over the last year.

In August last year, President Cyril Ramaphosa met chairpersons and chief executives of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to discuss accelerating the implementation of measures to ensure that these entities perform optimally and meet their constitutional mandate.

During the meeting, the President was upfront about the crucial role of SOEs in growing the economy, along with the importance of stabilising their finances and promoting good governance.

This month will be one of the busiest for our country. We will participate in our nation’s seventh democratic elections on 29 May 2024, commemorate Africa Day on 25 May and mark the 28th anniversary of the adoption of our Constitution.

When President Cyril Ramaphosa took the oath of office on Saturday 25 May 2019, he committed to address a number of challenges that the people of this country continue to face. He was upfront about his plan to put economic growth and job creation as the apex priority of his administration.

Our constitutional democracy is founded on the principle of giving citizens a say on who should govern them. The constitutional right to vote takes place through regular elections where people elect their counsellor, mayor and even president.

The scourge of corruption has become all-pervasive and no country is spared from it.  Like the mythical Hydra of Greek mythology, it has many heads, and chopping one off simply spawns another.   

There are glaring omissions of the government’s achievements in Duma Gqubule’s most recent column.

Duma Gqubule’s most recent column foretells precarious economic prospects for our nation as a result of the government’s action, but it has some glaring omissions.  (“SA’s worst president since 1994?”, February 7).     

The topic of corruption and its prevalence in society always elicits passionate responses.

Corruption is a global phenomenon, yet it often hits home at individual level and can have a devastating effect on African communities from the southern parts of the continent, such as South Africa, to the northern parts, such as Ethiopia.