ANC Western Cape says township economies remain excluded from province's policies

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape says township economies remain excluded from the province's mainstream growth policies.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde highlighted increased employment, investment, and infrastructure as major growth points when he delivered his State of the Province Address (SOPA) in George on Wednesday.

Opposition parties have since reacted, saying millions in the province still face service delivery failures, spatial exclusion, and unequal opportunity.

ANC leader of the opposition in the Western Cape, Khalid Sayed, has responded to Winde's SOPA speech, saying economic growth without structural inclusion entrenches inequality.

Winde announced the province has created 93,000 jobs in the final quarter of the last financial year.

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Sayed said township economies in the province remain excluded from mainstream growth policies.

"Emerging entrepreneurs face procurement barriers, and young people remain locked out of meaningful economic participation. Economic policy must democratise opportunity building local supply chains and enabling marginalised communities to become producers, innovators and owners of growth."

Khalid said youth unemployment in the province remains a crisis, which requires skills development and access to future industries in the labour market.

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