The high unemployment rate, corruption, load shedding, high crime levels, gender-based violence and femicide, and service delivery were high on the priority list of the political parties.
As the country marks 30 years of democracy, President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the aspiration to be a truly free and equal society cannot be achieved as long as criminals steal resources meant to benefit the people and the country’s women and children do not feel safe and free to walk in the streets.
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