Ntshavheni: Economic growth top priority for seventh administration

JOHANNESBURG - The government says the first priority of the seventh administration is economic growth. 

The executive is meeting in Pretoria on Saturday for its first lekgotla. 

The lekgotla will serve as a strategy session for the Government of National Unity (GNU) to set the national policy agenda. 

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Speaking on the sidelines of the lekgotla, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said growing the economy was at the forefront of the talks. 

"Not only economic growth, inclusive growth and job creation, and we are looking at what should we do to unlock the economy to grow so that it can create jobs for the people of South Africa. Also, to do that we need a partnership with business. We also need a capable, ethical and developmental state to have that capacity."