Ramaphosa sets agenda for ANC NEC Lekgotla

ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa

The African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined issues that must be tackled by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) Lekgotla taking place in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. Members of the party across the country have gathered with the intention to put together an action plan for the party and government, that will begin the priorities outlined at the January 8 Statement.

[IN PICTURES] President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently delivering the Political Overview at the ANC NEC Lekgotla, providing firm political leadership and strategic clarity as the movement intensifies implementation in the year of decisive action to fix local government and… pic.twitter.com/5ftlElLrcz

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“Our main task for this year is to fix local government and to fundamentally transfer our economy and all our actions must be geared towards that. Sometimes we are tempted to try and do everything, if we can focus on these, all the other tasks and issues will fall into place. So, during this Lekgotla we must make sure that we come with an implementation plan. It should be a clear template so that we can ensure that we start of the year much more effectively.”

Meanwhile,Ramaphosa reinforced the need to fight crime, corruption, Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. Ramaphosa says these were some of the priorities agreed to at the party’s Roll Call event in September last year. The event aimed to reaffirm party councilor’s commitment to accelerated service delivery, community engagement and infrastructure development.

“Communities need to be mobilised, through our community policing forums and other means to work with the police to fight crime in their areas. CPFs must be resourced and empowered, as where they are well resourced and supported, we find that community members on a voluntary basis do good work in combatting crime in their area.We must use the findings and recommendations of the Madlanga Commission and Ad-Hoc Committee to decisively tackle areas of the rot in our criminal justice system.”

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