Thread by @MotsohiThabang

Since the beginning of the democratic transition we have known, or should have known, that the most pernicious type of unemployment we have in SA affects the majority workforce that is uneducated and under-educated. I am yet to find a specific

policy response that addresses this problem specifically @EGodongwana . Plse read businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/201…
The Covid-19 lockdown has decimated (in an irrecoverable way) the few job opportunities that addressed the needs of this workforce segment.

The President has just released a post Covid-19 economic recovery strategy. I am unable to find in it, reference to this specific type of unemployment and a specific policy and strategy response that charts a different paradigm shift in the ANC-Led government

And yet this is the population segment that has suffered the worst of the pandemic impact. What then is the Purpose and Vision of the recovery? Plse read:
businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/201…
This flaw in our development strategy continues inspite of the crisis we face.

The genesis and cause of this blindspot in the policy formulation structure of the ANC-Led govmnt is in its nature as a communitarian party. The sectoral interests ( dominated by COSATU and the ideological legacy of the SACP) naturally cause a policy gridlock

Hence you find the President frequently issuing platitudes to the left and the right factions in the Alliance structure. But the moment we face now demands resolute and brave leadership that responds to the lived experience of the poor majority.

Regrettably the President has failed to live up to this challenge. Plse read: thabangjmotsohi.com/anc-will-conti…

Without a specific policy response to the type of unemployment we have, the only option is to institute a Basic Income Grant that can create a barrier from sinking into permanent poverty. But our debt levels and cost of servicing them prevent this.

The noise and pressure from the Nedlac platform used by the President to seek consensus always protects the gains of the employed. We now sit with just over 60% of the state budget devoted to public wages. And they want more via entrentched cost of living

adjustments in their negotiated agreements. God Almighty, this in the midst of a crisis that has decimated work opportunities for the majority. This is the outcome of the labour aristocracy that comes with the Alliance structure. The ANC is totally captured.

I deal with some of the challenges that confront the ANC here:
thabangjmotsohi.com/anc-struggles-…
Finally; the lack of a capable state and the failure to articulate a clear pathway to its attainment, make the recovery proposals a pipe dream.