Latest ANC economic action plan is 'bid to trick voters'

The lack of economic growth is not due to a lack of strategies, but rather implementing them, suggesting that the issue lies with the "jockey", rather than the "horse", when it comes to the economic troubles.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

Political analyst Prof Dirk Kotzé said President Cyril Ramaphosa has introduced several economic growth plans since taking office in 2018, but these have often been repackaged without delivering substantial results.

The latest ANC economic action plan, announced by the president on Monday, appears to be an election strategy aimed at recovering from the ANC’s losses in the May 2024 polls.

Dawie Roodt, chief economist at Efficient Group, criticised Ramaphosa for the prolonged economic stagnation in the country.

In response to the ANC’s new 10-point intervention plan to revive the struggling economy, Roodt argued the government has failed to concentrate on the right issues.

"It’s not the horse; the problem must be the jockey, it seems, and I think that’s the issue.

"The ANC must be the problem," Roodt said.