RAMAPHOSA: NEWLY LAUNCHED REVIEW REPORT SHOULD DEBATE CITIZENS’ EXPERIENCES
EWN / 08 NOVEMBER 2019 - 13.14 / THETO MAHLAKOANA \
In it, the government details some of the achievements of the past 25 years including the increase of the matric pass rate and that of life expectancy.
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa said the newly launched 25-year review report on service delivery performance should stimulate intense debate about the experience of citizens.
He launched the report which was compiled by the department of planning, monitoring and evaluation at the University of Mpumalanga in Mbombela earlier.
In it, the government details some of the achievements of the past 25 years including the increase of the matric pass rate and that of life expectancy.
It also includes challenges the country still needs to overcome, such as the continued rise in non-communicable diseases.
Ramaphosa said the report would be engaged with critically: “To keep looking back and at the same time, looking forward to bring back the past so that we are able to move to the future. Let us all have a say in what we believe we have achieved, our lagging challenges as well as the future we desire.”
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