US EditionSONA | Ramaphosa Announces Establishment of Committee to Tackle Ongoing Water Crisis
President Ramaphosa prioritizes combatting organised crime with military support, addressing water shortages with R156 billion funding, and expanding clean energy to 40% by 2030.
- On Thursday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his 10th State of the Nation Address at Cape Town City Hall, outlining government priorities and a programme of action for the year.
- Amid a drying climate, water outages stem from pipe failures and decades of neglect, while pervasive organised and violent crime averages more than 20,000 murders a year in South Africa, fuelling voter anger ahead of municipal elections later this year.
- To secure water, the government committed R156 billion for water and sanitation upgrades, will advance the Water Services Amendment Bill, and establish a national water crisis committee chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
- The government ordered immediate deployments, sending the South African National Defence Force to assist the South African Police Service in the Western Cape and Gauteng and warning municipal officials who fail to deliver water will face criminal charges while ministers engage communities.
- Three years after the national energy crisis committee was formed, Ramaphosa said loadshedding has ended as markets rallied, pledging that by 2030 more than 40% of energy will come from `cheap, clean` sources ahead of municipal elections later this year.
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South African president pledges focus on crime and water crises
CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 - South Africa will deploy the army to fight organised crime and lay criminal charges against municipal officials who fail to deliver water to communities, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to parliament on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Water crisis rivals crime as top concern for South Africans, Ramaphosa says – The Mail & Guardian
Along with crime, water has become the single most important issue for many South Africans — from large cities like Johannesburg to smaller towns such as Knysna and rural areas including Giyani, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his State of the Nation address on Thursday. “We have all seen the pain that our people have been expressing through demonstrations in various parts of Gauteng,” Ramaphosa said. “These protests have been fuelled by the f…
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