President Cyril Ramaphosa has dangled a carrot, offering 2.5 million employment possibilities.

 President Cyril Ramaphosa has dangled a carrot, offering 2.5 million employment possibilities to the Tintswalos in the next five years, in an attempt to entice the youth to vote ANC in the May 2024 elections.

Additionally, Ramaphosa said that the 8 million jobless beneficiaries—the majority of whom are young people—would get an increase in the R350 social relief of distress award from the ruling party. Born on April 27, 1994, Tintswalo is Ramaphosa's fictional born-free girl child. She was raised in an ANC government-funded RDP home, got a child grant, attended a free public school, received free healthcare, attended university and TVET through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, and is now a successful professional with a family of her own. He admitted in the February State of the Nation Address that some young people were having difficulty finding jobs and were dependent on the R350 unemployment stipend.

Over 8 million people nationwide will get the R350 award, with Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana promising to spend R33 billion on it over the 2024–2025 fiscal year.
"R350 will continue, and the Ministers of Social Development and Finance are investigating ways to raise the amount." At the introduction of the manifesto, Ramaphosa stated, "Yes, it is like that." By "creating and sustaining 2.5 million work opportunities by delivering public goods and services in communities," according to Ramaphosa, there would be nearly three million job prospects for the youth, particularly for unemployed graduates. In the manifesto, the ruling party made a number of promises to voters in exchange for their support.



Furthermore, Ramaphosa declared that they will extend assistance to small enterprises, launch a program for reindustrialization, and establish cooperatives, particularly in townships and communities.One of the ANC's goals for reviving the nation over the next five years was to create jobs. In order to promote economic development and growth, the manifesto promised to concentrate on six sectors.


Building industries to produce an inclusive economy, addressing the high cost of living, investing in people, upholding democracy, increasing freedom, and creating a better Africa and the world were some of the top goals. Ramaphosa pledged that an additional one million job opportunities will result from this. In order to guarantee that women, people of color, and people with disabilities were represented in both the public and commercial sectors, the president stated that they will keep pushing for and keeping an eye on employment equity.

Regarding the issue of high living costs, Ramaphosa announced that important necessities like as food, housing, healthcare, electricity, and salaries will be addressed in order to lower living costs for workers, the jobless, and the middle class. No agreement on how to end disputes and tensions in the region, Dr. Sizo Nkala

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