Economics
S. Africa’s ANC Seeks Budget Focus on Jobs as Support Drops
- Ruling party posts worst performance in Aug. 3 local elections
- Party leaders take collective responsibility for decline
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South Africa’s governing party will press the government to prioritize creating jobs and alleviating poverty in the national budget, said Gwede Mantashe, the African National Congress’s secretary-general.
“It can’t be business as usual,’’ Mantashe told reporters in Pretoria, the capital, on Sunday after a national executive committee meeting to discuss the ANC’s weaker performance in municipal elections this month. ‘‘To effectively deal with the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality, government in the coming cabinet lekgotla must reprioritize the budget’’ to ensure National Development Plan programs are funded, he said.