Zuma on jobs: we've failed
A FOUR-DAY cabinet lekgotla started yesterday with an admission by President Jacob Zuma that his government has failed to create jobs as he had promised.
Zuma blamed the global financial crisis, saying 2011 was a difficult year.
Zuma had declared 2011 a year of job creation and had tasked various government departments with ensuring that short-term and long-term jobs were created.
Zuma told the ANC NEC recently that South Africa had lost jobs instead of creating them, especially in the manufacturing sector.
"But we are ending the year on a positive and promising note as statistics released recently indicate that the unemployment rate has dropped ...
"(We are) not out of the woods yet, given the negative economic climate in the Eurozone which has had a profound negative impact on our country," Zuma said.
Evaluation and Monitoring Minister Collins Chabane said yesterday the lekgotla would deliberate on a mid-term assessment of the Zuma administration's performance since coming into office in 2009.
"From the point of view of ordinary citizens there is great expectation that we should build on the best aspects of our performance and that we should respond clearly and swiftly in instances where we could do better or where we are letting people down.
"We will also assess the state of our economy in view of the continued global recession and will evaluate our response to various international questions," Chabane said.
Ministers responsible for five national priorities of government will give a mid-term assessment report at the lekgotla. These include job creation, health, education, rural development and land reform.
In July last year, the cabinet lekgotla emphasised an urgent need to accelerate job creation and the provision of infrastructure in rural and urban areas.
The lekgotla then established two management structures in Zuma and Motlanthe's offices to look into infrastructure development and job creation, respectively.
It also adopted a 12-point plan on job creation, which focused on a number of interventions that run concurrently with all other job creation programmes in government.
The interventions included short-term employment schemes such as the expansion of the community works programme and big projects to be identified and monitored by Motlanthe.
The lekgotla also agreed to unblock private-sector projects with the aim of creating jobs.
The meeting will provide the basis for Zuma's State of the Nation address on February 9, which will give direction to government's programme for this year.
ksetuke
And we will not allow you to repeat your failures! Come Mangaung.....Report Abuse
maneater
i bet he thinks its the same as in grade two ' if you fail you repeat" NOO MR PRESIDENT IF YOU FAIL YOU GO!!!!!!!Report Abuse
Ntshwana
Eish, Tokyo with his madams!Yes, the goverment failed to create jobs as promised but I am not surprised! There are certain parastatals that believe that they have to make profits at the expence of creating jobs.
Our government should spell it out to its institutions that the main focus is job creation and they have to invest heavily in emerging businesses (SMMEs).
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lamelooser
I told you all that the presidebt's target of 5 million new car guards would be met and even exceeded.None of the comrades would belief, but here you have it.
Other comrades like ksetuke think they have the answer to this problem, but as we know their plans are doomed, and they will fail in even greater disaster.
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ksetuke
@lamelooser: Yes you are right, i do have a solution. JUST DO NOT MAKE THE PROMISE.Report Abuse
Reyataz
No worries, Mr President. Only those with very low IQ believe ANC promises anyways. If the Legendary Mandela and Mbeki the know it all could not deliver such a number of jobs, what chance does a President with STD 2 have? It's all forgiven, now just make sure Duduzile gets that billion rand stake in Mittal before you are defenestrated.Report Abuse
asaowe
President has failed finish & klaar, do the honour resign if u trully love the country.Report Abuse
lamelooser
Herewith the ONLY way to create jobs (sorry, no other ways):Scrap all labour laws.
Scrap minimum wages
No taxes for companies with profit less than R10 million pa.
Scrap BEE/AA/BBBEE and all associated laws.
Crush corruption by any means. Use all means possible to stop the "known" R20 + billion that dissapears by government mismanagement every year.
Do not give Cuba R1 billion gifts, or Swaziland. No more R100 million youth kissing parties. No more R300 million gifts to Zimbobwe. No more f.ree housing/electricity etc.
Government to take previously squandered money and use it for educations.
Simply apply above rules (and a few more) and you will have FULL employment within 5 years.
And then people will then be able to afford to BUY their own houses and pay for their utilities, instead of living in crappy RDP.
Afeecar for Afreakcans is a pipe dream. Wake up and smell the roses.
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asaowe
lamelooserHerewith the ONLY way to create jobs (sorry, no other ways):
Scrap all labour laws.
Scrap minimum wages
No taxes for companies with profit less than R10 million pa.
Scrap BEE/AA/BBBEE and all associated laws.
Crush corruption by any means. Use all means possible to stop the "known" R20 + billion that dissapears by government mismanagement every year.
Do not give Cuba R1 billion gifts, or Swaziland. No more R100 million youth kissing parties. No more R300 million gifts to Zimbobwe. No more f.ree housing/electricity etc.
Government to take previously squandered money and use it for educations.
Simply apply above rules (and a few more) and you will have FULL employment within 5 years.
And then people will then be able to afford to BUY their own houses and pay for their utilities, instead of living in crappy RDP.
Afeecar for Afreakcans is a pipe dream. Wake up and smell the roses.
In yr dreamz, tht wll neva happen in yr lifetime.
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Baba_T
Dear Shower HeadWhen you made those pormises were you dependent on the Global economy? Why didnt you mentioned that when you did the promise?
Zuma blamed the global financial crisis,
Jou Ma!!
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