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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are working in earnest to conclude our negotiations on a social compact, as stated during the State of the Nation Address. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
With the Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant extended until the end of March 2023, as government we continue to explore what sustainable social protection measures can be implemented to support society’s most vulnerable. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
A further 50,000 participants will be recruited for the revitalised National Youth Service, of which more than 7,000 have already started work. Though much has been done, it is clear we need to do more. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The latest programme to be launched through the employment stimulus is the Social Employment Fund, which has started to recruit 50,000 participants in community safety, food and nutrition, digital inclusion, and sports, arts, and recreation. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
These programmes, which range from waste collection to small-scale farming, have provided work and an income for hundreds of thousands of people in both urban and rural areas. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
To date, the Presidential Employment Stimulus has created 879,000 opportunities. Of the participants across both phases, 84 per cent are youth and 62 per cent are women. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The #PresidentialEmploymentStimulus has enabled the rapid expansion of public employment and provided much-needed relief to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
During the past two years, we have overseen an expansion of public employment that is unprecedented in speed, scale, and innovation. #PresidencyBudget https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
To this end, we have finalised the bounce-back loan scheme, which gives additional funding to businesses to grow the economy and create jobs. In March, the employee tax incentive was expanded to make it easier for employers to hire more young people. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The broader context of the reform process is to improve the overall business operating environment and to improve our country’s competitiveness as an investment destination. #PresidencyBudget https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
It has already assessed 17 SOEs and will complete the remaining assessments in July this year. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The work of the Presidential SOE Council is also far advanced. The Council has developed criteria to determine which SOEs should be considered strategic and are critical for future development, #PresidencyBudget https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In tandem, the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team I established earlier this year is working on the modalities of an agreement that will take forward the Just Energy Transition Partnership concluded between SA and the governments of France, Germany, the UK, the US, and the EU — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
An example of how this is being done effectively is through the Presidential Climate Commission, which is currently finalising a Just Transition Framework that will guide our transition to a low-carbon, inclusive, climate resilient economy and society. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Deputy President has also been delegated to deal with the long-standing challenges that former liberation combatants continue to experience. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We also sought to engage at the Presidency level with traditional leaders to address their specific challenges, including the issue of land. The Deputy President, who has led this process, will report further on this work. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Since 2018 the Presidency has established a number of processes to forge consensus on the broader economic recovery, the 4th Industrial Revolution, the reform of our state-owned enterprises, climate change and corruption. #PresidencyBudget https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Fourthly, enable Eskom to purchase surplus power from existing power producers. Fifthly, support municipalities to procure power independently. Sixthly, encourage households and businesses to invest in small-scale solar power installations and feed energy to the grid. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Secondly, ensure that projects from existing procurement programmes, including Bid Window 5, are able to reach close and connect to the grid as quickly as possible. Thirdly, accelerate private sector investment in generation capacity under 100 MW. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Firstly, improve the performance of existing power stations and ensure that additional units at Medupi and Kusile come online according to schedule. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We will soon be introducing extra measures to bring new capacity online. We will work to close the electricity gap in six ways: https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The current electricity shortfall is estimated at up to 6,000 MW. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We will unleash new public and private sector investment in generation capacity at a massive scale. In the short term, however, we are seized with the need to get as much new generation capacity onto the grid as possible, as quickly as possible. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Once these changes are implemented, we will have multiple generators competing to supply electricity at the lowest cost and selling power directly to customers. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are on the cusp of a fundamental transformation in the electricity sector, which is undergoing the most significant reform process in our country’s history. #PresidencyBudget https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
To date it has finalised 897 applications and will clear the remaining backlog of 546 applications by the end of this month. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Department of Water and Sanitation is hard at work to clear the backlog of water use license applications by June 2022. #PresidencyBudget #LeaveNoOneBehind https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In April, Transnet made 16 slots on its network available to private rail operators as the first step towards ensuring third party access to some of the country’s freight lines. This will enable greater efficiency and support our export industries. https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill that provides for establishment of a separate transmission company & a competitive market for electricity has been published for comment; we are working to table the final version in Parliament in the coming months https://t.co/B7gyV9Sko9 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
These projects represent some of the largest hybrid solar and battery storage projects in the world. — PolitiTweet.org
