When President Zuma came into office he immediately reshuffled his Cabinet and created a number of new posts and committees. A distinguished teacher-friend of mine from Zimbabwe cried foul. He said that this was simply a process of creating jobs for friends and reminded him of his home country up north. When I disagreed with him he said I should give it two years and see if the new posts produce anything of value.
Two years have passed and one of the new committees, the Planning Commission headed by Trevor Manuel, has just presented their diagnostic report to Parliament. They have identified that unemployment and sub-standard education are the two biggest challenges facing our government. You might read this and say: “that is obvious”, but you cannot treat a sickness without first having an accurate diagnosis.
The report tabled in Parliament is thorough, intelligent and insightful. Furthermore, it provides real solutions to the problems that they have identified. We are now one step closer to correcting problems that were centuries in the making. For this our President needs to be praised.
Mr President, take a bow.
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