Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will provide an update to Parliament on government’s efforts to improve the efficiency of key state-owned enterprises such as South African Airways, Eskom and the South African Post Office. This will be during the sitting of the National Council of Provinces in Cape Town, tomorrow Wednesday, 2 September 2015.
 
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was assigned by Cabinet in December 2014 to develop turnaround strategies for state-owned enterprises to enable these enterprises to play a meaningful role in contributing towards South Africa’s growth and development.
 
The Deputy President has also been asked to brief members of the NCOP on his recent visit to Lesotho to hand over his SADC Facilitation Mission Report and to discuss the terms of reference for the SADC-led Commission of Inquiry with His Majesty King Letsie III, the government of Lesotho, opposition political parties and other stakeholders.
 
Included in the session will be a briefing by Deputy President Ramaphosa on government efforts to improve the living conditions of farm workers and dwellers, especially, in the Western Cape.

During consultations with farm workers and stakeholders in the Western Cape’s agricultural sector in November 2014, Deputy President Ramaphosa called on social partners to maintain dialogue on issues facing farm workers and to move towards a social compact in the sector that will address such issues as security of tenure, evictions and social ills affecting farming communities.
 
He expressed the hope that such a compact would bring lasting peace and benefits to all stakeholders in the sector.
 
Among other responses in the NCOP, Deputy President Ramaphosa will address the question of the importance of gender parity for voters and candidates in the 2016 local government elections. In this context, the Deputy President is expected to outline what South Africa is doing to meet gender parity targets in political decision making processes in line with the SADC Gender Protocol.
 
Issued by: Ronnie Mamoepa at 082-990-4853
 
The Presidency
Pretoria