The Black Sash agrees that 2010 must be a year of action. Twenty years after Nelson Mandela’s historic walk to freedom, too many people in South Africa remain trapped in poverty, without hope of a secure
home, a decent job or quality education for their children.
The Black Sash agrees that 2010 must be a year of action. Twenty years after Nelson Mandela’s historic walk to freedom, too many people in South Africa remain trapped in poverty, without hope of a secure
home, a decent job or quality education for their children.
For too long corruption, ineffective public services and a reluctance to prioritise the needs of the poor has held our country back.
President Jacob
Zuma is right government must work “faster, harder and smarter” to honour Mandela’s legacy.
In 2010, we look forward to the kind of action that will create jobs.
We welcome the President’s commitment to create labour absorbing industries, to incentivise work for young people and to create more opportunities in public employment.
However, we caution that unless job creation policies are complimented by a comprehensive social security net, the millions of people who remain unemployed will continue to suffer the indignity of poverty.
We look forward to the kind of action that will get local government really working as the President has instructed.
The corruption, political intrigue and managerial incompetence that currently paralyses the effi cient delivery of services to our people must be resolved. We look forward to seeing our government do things in a new way.
The Black Sash will hold government accountable for its constitutional obligation to realise the socio-economic rights of all its
people.
We agree with President Zuma government is everybody’s business. The Black Sash calls on all citizens to hold this government accountable for the promises that were made last week.
