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Date
: 21/10/2004
Source: North West Provincial Government
Title: H Yawa: Gala Dinner of Merafong Local Municipality &
launch of Merafong Spring Show
SPEECH BY MEC FOR PUBLIC WORKS-HONOURABLE H.D.YAWA, MP, AT THE GALA
DINNER OF THE MERAFONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY AND LAUNCH OF THE
MERAFONG SPRING SHOW, 21 October 2004
Programme Director
The Executive Mayor of Merafong Local Municipality- Honourable
Councillor D.D.Van Rooyen
The Executive Mayor of the Randfontein District Council-Honourable
Sister Bernard Ncube
Speaker of the Merafong Local Municipality- Honourable Councillor
Thobile Lethea
Members of the Mayoral Committee
Representatives of Business Sector
Honourable Councillors
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Even on this glittering and auspicious occasion of the Gala Dinner
and the launch of the Merafong Spring Show, we need to reflect on
achievements of the First Decade of Freedom and the challenges of
the Second Decade of our Freedom and Democracy.
We need to remind ourselves that in 1994 the government of national
unity, led by the African National Congress, inherited a country of
gross racial inequities with high chronic unemployment. As we
celebrate a decade of Freedom and Democracy, we need to celebrate
that our economy has grown every year since 1994, an improvement
over the 1980s. The budget deficit has been reduced and inflation
has declined.
All reasonable and sensible people acknowledge that significant
progress has been made in education, health care, housing and
providing basic services. Besides these successes, poverty
continues to be widespread, income disparities remain, unemployment
has increased and many people lack necessities.
As government notes in its review the successes and challenges in
Towards a Ten Year Review published in October 2003, ,