The ACDP called for the immediate lifting of lockdown restrictions on all sectors of the SA economy, while ensuring strict hygiene requirements remained in place.
Durban - The African Christian Democratic Party on Wednesday called for the immediate lifting of lockdown restrictions on all sectors of the South African economy, while ensuring strict hygiene requirements remained in place. "Prior to taking the reins from his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, it was President Cyril Ramaphosa himself who lamented over the nine waste years under the presidency of Zuma.
"It must be said that under the ruling party, poverty, inequality and unemployment have continued to grow. The wounds inflicted on our economy up until this stage were self-inflicted, where megalomaniacs plundered, raped and pillaged our fiscus with impunity. Economists have said that the South African economy could shrink between five and ten per cent, while the debt to GDP ratio could increase from 60% to 80% this year. The six per cent deficit on the country's national budget was set to increase to 12% of GDP.
It was time, said Thring, to unlock the country's economy and "remove the onerous restrictions" accompanying lockdown.
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