Presidency tweets ‘government’s 9 point plan’

11 February 2016 - 14:32 By TMG Digital

Critics who said they will give Thursday night’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) a miss because they’ve “heard it all before” would probably use the Presidency’s Twitter account as proof that they were right.Shortly before noon‚ @PresidencyZA let them hear it all again – in all of South Africa’s 11 official languages.It tweeted details of the speech and attached a flyer containing the bullet points of “Government’s 9 point plan to grow the economy & create jobs” in each of the tongues‚ rounded off with the “#SONA2016” hashtag.President Jacob Zuma announced the “nine-point plan to boost economic growth and create much-needed jobs” during the 2015 edition of his State of the National Address.The nine points are:1. Resolving the energy challenge2. Revitalising agriculture and the agro-processing value chain3. Advancing beneficiation or adding value to the mineral wealth4. More effective implementation of a higher impact Industrial Action Policy Action Plan (IPAP)5. Encouraging private-sector investment6. Moderating workplace conflict7. Unlocking the potential of SMMEs‚ cooperatives‚ townships and rural enterprises8. State reform and boosting the role of state-owned companies‚ information and communications technology infrastructure or broadband roll-out‚ water‚ sanitation and transport infrastructure9. Operation Phakisa‚ which is aimed at growing the ocean economy and other sectorsWhile political commentators have said this would be Zuma’s hardest Sona yet‚ ‏@PresidencyZA on Wednesday tweeted a photo with the caption: “President Zuma has high tea with some of his special guests who are invited to the SoNA taking place 2moro #SONA2016”...

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