KZN SOPA: Premier Ntuli outlines priorities for 2025
Premier Thami Ntuli says their most urgent task
is to grow KwaZulu-Natal's economy.
Ntuli delivered the State of the Province Address at the Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on Friday.
He listed eight priorities the government of provincial unity will be focusing on this year:
Rebuilding the economy, strengthening local government and government, sustainable development, improving health care and education, delivering better human settlements and infrastructure, improving community safety, mitigating climate, and building a capable ethical and developmental state.
Ntuli says the provincial government is working hard to stabilise the province, adding that some strides have been made in efforts to tackle crime, poverty, unemployment, and to lessen the impact of natural disasters on citizens.
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"Job creation continues to be a critical challenge, with unemployment exceeding 30 percent. The youth face hardship, with two out of three young people unable to secure productive employment.”
“Our social indicators reflect persistent challenges: many citizens live below the food poverty line, and wealth inequality remains stark, with a Gini co-efficient of 0.62. The disparity is evident as the top 10% of our population spends nearly six times more than the bottom 40%.”
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