Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Government of National Unity (GNU) remains strong and united after a two-day retreat in Gauteng.
Leaders from the ten parties in the GNU reflected on national and international challenges and reaffirmed their commitment to working together.
Ramaphosa said despite early doubts and challenges over the past 16 months, the GNU is “here to stay” and will focus on economic growth, job creation, poverty reduction, lowering living costs, and strengthening state capacity.
“It was a plethora of issues which we will be taking action on as we move forward. So it was a very very in-depth meeting and discussion,” Ramaphosa said.
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He added: “We also spoke about our relationship as the GNU partners. We’ve been 16 months into our relationship, many people thought that we would have collapsed by now, and of course, we had our own challenges during this course of the 16 months, and we have reconfirmed that the GNU is here to stay and the GNU is going to find more and more ways of working together, strengthening our partnership.”
The GNU — made up of the ANC, DA, IFP, PA, FF Plus, UDM, Rise Mzansi, Al Jama-Ah, PAC, and GOOD — also adopted a five-year Medium Term Development Plan aimed at driving transformation.
Ramaphosa said the GNU has already achieved progress in areas such as energy, logistics, telecommunications, infrastructure, and economic stability, and is now “more cohesive and determined than ever.”
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