Gungubele admits Ramaphosa’s administration has fallen short in ending poverty and reducing inequality

Gungubele admits Ramaphosa’s administration has fallen short in ending poverty and reducing inequality

  • Mondli Gungubele admitted the shortcomings of President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration
  • Gungubele said the government had fallen short in its efforts to end poverty and reduce inequality
  • The minister in the Presidency conceded that there was still more work to be done if the goals were to be achieved

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PRETORIA - Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele admitted that there is no doubt that the government has fallen short of goals to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030.

Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said Ramaphosa's administration had fallen behind in reaching its national development goals. Image: @DpmeOfficial
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Gungubele made the admission on Thursday, 24 November, during a roundtable media discussion with the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluations (DPME).

The discussion was aimed at the bi-annual report on the progress, challenges and next steps for the DPME's implementation of Ramaphosa's administration's plan for the current electoral term, according to a statement released by the government.

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Ramaphosa's government outlined priority areas, which include:

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  • building a capable, ethical and developmental state;
  • economic transformation and job creation;
  • providing education, skills, and health;
  • providing a social wage;
  • Spatial integration, rural economy, environmental management and climate change, human settlements and basic services;
  • creating social cohesion and;
  • building a better Africa and a better world.

Gungubele conceded that there was still more work to be done if the seven priority goals were to be achieved.

DPME director-general Robert Nkuna claimed that the government was failing because of a lack of cooperation between government departments and a lack of capacity, News24 reported.

According to the bi-annual report, corruption and weak accountability deteriorated the state's capacity. There were also serve challenges in eradicating poverty. It is estimated that 32.6% of the population lives below the food poverty line, which is a 20.5% increase from 2011.

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ANC predicted to lose majority in 2024, and DA will see slight increase; SA is unsure: “SA is unpredictable”

In another story, Briefly News reported that a Johannesburg-based think tank, the Brenthurst Foundation, has predicted that the African National Congress will be stripped of its majority in the 2024 general elections. The foundation also predicted that Democratic Alliance would increase its share of votes, but these predictions didn't convince South Africans.

The foundation surveyed voter opinion involving 1 000 registered voters who indicated they would vote in the upcoming general election, News24 reported.

One netizen commented that experts could speculate all they want, but South Africans are anything but predictable, while another pointed out that the survey can not accurately predict how the elections would turn out.

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Lerato Mutsila (Current affairs editor) Lerato Mutsila is a journalist with 3 years of experience. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pearson Institute of Higher Education in 2020, majoring in broadcast journalism, political science and communication. Lerato joined the Briefly News current affairs desk in August 2022. Mutsila is also a fellow of the 2021/2022 Young African Journalists Acceleration programme, which trained African journalists in climate journalism. You can contact Lerato at lerato.mutsila@breifly.co.za