The all-out, throw-everything-at-it approach of the ANC might bear some fruit among people who have always voted for the party but are now contemplating a switch.
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After more than a year of enterprise-killing lockdowns, and a decade of declining economic growth, South Africa was gripped by violence and looting recently.
Attempting to give a glimmer of hope, during two public addresses, and in his July 12 letter, President Cyril Ramaphosa said:
We are building up, not shutting down. We will rebuild our economy and create jobs.
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But as South Africans have learnt over the last while, mere words from government can only take one so far. Years of ideological and policy decisions by this government, policies that discourage economic activity, business- and capital-formation and job creation, have led the country into this present crisis.
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Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has moved to play down speculation about why he has taken long leave before his term of office comes to an end.
The office of the chief justice announced on Wednesday that President Cyril Ramaphosa had appointed Justice Sisi Khampepe as acting chief justice while Mogoeng was on long leave.
Khampepe’s appointment is effective on May 1.
Having an acting chief justice is unprecedented.
The statement explained that, because of his involvement with the commission of inquiry into state capture, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo was not available to step into Mogoeng’s shoes.
The chief justice’s four-year cycle to take his long leave commenced on July 1 2018 but he was unable to take it due to his judicial and extrajudicial commitments.