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Cape Town City Centre
Western Cape students have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to use his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to highlight their conditions and create job opportunities.
Ramaphosa will be addressing the nation on Thursday evening in a joint sitting of Parliament at the Cape Town City Hall.
One of the students, Masana Mapayini says, “I think he should improve the job opportunities many students are studying and after graduating there is no jobs, I think he should work harder on improving employment.”
“The place I’m staying is good, but I think he should on decreasing the residence prices as students we can’t afford them, NSFAS is paying R50 000, residences in Cape Town they cost R73 000 and we cannot afford the res fees which is on us, we have to pay them.”
Another student Reabetswe Madimabe says, “One thing I think instead of the Khayelitsha thing he should build new varsities because other students right now are struggling.”
A third student Bahle Qwabe says, “We don’t have enough universities and colleges for us to apply…We don’t have hospitals, the clinics need to be fixed.”
HOUSING AND CRIME
Meanwhile, resident have called on the president to talk about job opportunities, housing and what plans he has to address crime.
Ashleigh Meintjies says, “Most importantly its crime, that the most important its crime, the need to do something about the crime, that the most important thing.”
Zainuib Arendse says, “The rates and the water and the electricity is a lot of money, we hardly keep put our heads up, so if they can look into that please.”
Nomacha Bombo says, “For now I would like the government to have a look on the crime that is taking place in the Western Cape, more especially in areas like Nyanga, Phillipi and all those places. If the government can take a note on that, to try to assist us to fight crime in our areas, I can be glad.”
Flavio dos Santos says, “ My opinion is that every year, they say the same thing year after year. Is he going to do a follow up on what he said before or is going to be something new every time? just like some people are saying, listen to the SONA, you might as well sit and watch the paint dry on the wall, because some people are starting to feel he doesn’t make any sense anymore. Also, with the amount of money spent every year, the things he says don’t materialise.”
