Keely Goodall4 March 2025 | 8:20
Cyril Ramaphosa to visit Gauteng: 'We’ll see if it works or if it’s performative' - Feriel Haffajee
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet will visit Johannesburg this week.
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his 2024 State of the Nation (SONA) at Cape Town City Hall on 8 February 2024. Picture: GCIS
702’s John Perlman speaks with Feriel Haffajee, Associate Editor of Daily Maverick.
Listen below:
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet will visit the Gauteng Executive Council on 6 March, and the City of Johannesburg on 7 March.
This visit intends to engage the province on development priorities.
Haffajee says this cabinet tour has happened in three different provinces already.
She believes this is to signal that the national government is paying closer attention to what is happening in targeted provinces.
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“We will watch what they do and say at these meetings and each week we will go back to elements of this to see whether it has worked or whether it has simply been performative.”
- Feriel Haffajee, Associate Editor - Daily Maverick
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