ANC head of economic transformation Enoch Gondongwana said he expected government to prioritise the vaccine roll-out programme, but that it must also prioritise programmes with higher employment outcomes.
Godongwana said they needed to urgently tackle corruption in order to win back the trust of South Africans.
The ANC’s NEC said the consolidation of state-owned enterprises was imperative to ensure growth and avoid a possible downgrade by ratings agency.
The party said at its media briefing on following the special NEC that it has come up with a package of interventions to tackle low economic growth, inclusive economy and job creation.
The minister had come under fire from the ANC’s alliance partners who accused him of failing to consult with them before the document’s public release.
The governing party said this at a briefing at Luthuli House on Sunday.
After just a few days in office, then-President Jacob Zuma was persuaded to remove little known Van Rooyen to replace him with Pravin Gordhan.
Radio 702 host Kariema Brown interviews the ANC's subcommittee on economic transformation Enoch Godongwana.
Johan Burger told the state capture inquiry of how he received a call in 2016 from Enoch Godongwana about the decision to cancel the Gupta family bank accounts.
Chairperson Enoch Godongwana says industry players need to work together to lift the country out of the slump.
The party's Enoch Godongwana says the latest growth figures are a call to action for all South Africans to rally behind the dismal state of the economy.
Enoch Godongwana says government has been pathetically slow with regards to land expropriation.
In her findings on the apartheid-era Bankcorp bailout, she said Parliament must change the mandate of the Reserve Bank.
Judith February says it was painful following the ANC policy conference because it’s shown the party is unable to deal with state capture.
ANC Economic Transformation Commission Chair Enoch Godongwana says the independence of the Reserve Bank is sacrosanct.
Enoch Godongwana says the arguments about the Mining Charter are not about the ultimate aims.
Godongwana also says that some senior party leaders need to understand the implications of the country's credit rating being downgraded to junk status.
Credit rating agencies Standard & Poor's Global and Fitch last week downgraded South Africa’s credit rating to junk status.
