Ramaphosa: Govt acted on State Capture!

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has told the members of Parliament that the government has acted decisively and with purpose to respond to the findings and recommendations of the State Capture Commission.

Ramaphosa attended the call by the National Assembly to respond to questions for oral reply, on Tuesday, 19 March.

The president reflected on questions ranging from the land reform programme in the agricultural sector, lifestyle audits with members of the Executive and the Presidential Employment Stimulus, including state capture.

He told the members that he has submitted to Parliament his intentions with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the State Capture Commission.

“Among other things, the State Capture Commission made over 200 recommendations with respect to criminal investigation and possible prosecution of individuals, entities and named groups of people.

“These recommendations were directed by the commission to law enforcement agencies. The commission also made recommendations with respect to further investigation of and possible action by the relevant bodies against individuals and entities for disciplinary offences, tax offences, delinquency of directors and other activities,” he said.

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On the Presidential Employment Stimulus, Ramaphosa said between October 2020 and December 2023, the Presidential Employment Stimulus has created work and livelihood opportunities for over 1,7 million people.

He said of the participants in the various programme, 65% are women and 85% are young people.

“The Presidential Employment Stimulus has built an institutional architecture that is able to scale rapidly should the opportunity to do so arise. Right now, fiscal constraints mean that while the programme has been extended to March 2025, it is not currently able to expand,” he said.

He said that the focus in the coming year is therefore on taking the quality of outcomes to the next level, focusing on enhancing the work experience for participants as well as on the quality of the social value they create for communities.