The ruling party is reviewing the promises it made to voters five years ago. But some of the successes it claims are not supported by data.
Cyril Ramaphosa over-inflated the number of South Africans who receive social grants today and understated the number who did in 1994, giving the impression that the increase has been more marked than it really is.
Similarly, there’s no evidence only 36% of South Africans had access to electricity in 1994 – the numbers point to it being closer to 53% – which makes today’s 92% connected less of an achievement. The president was right about the pledges raised by an investment programme launched in 2018 and how many South Africans are currently employed, but he understated unemployment numbers and overstated the number of job opportunities created by his employment stimulus programme.what it calls a “historic” review of the promises made in its 2019 election manifesto, as South Africa’s ruling party prepares to face voters in 2024.
Through the review, the ANC said it would subject itself to “robust and critical public scrutiny” of its record. The process would look at progress made over the last 30 years, and not just the last five years, Cyril Ramaphosa, president of both the party and the country,Kicking off what is to be a country-wide tour, Ramaphosa took to the stage at Soweto’s Dobsonville Stadium in Gauteng province on 4 September and admitted there were goals the party had failed to meet.
“The South Africa we live in today is very different from the South Africa we all lived in 1994. Everybody agrees,” he said, before going on to give examples.“18 million people get social grants …”
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