It Is Time For New Leadership :: Mmegi Online

The president’s address of the policy position of the Alliance for Progressives (AP) could not have come at a better time. With over 100,000 graduates roaming the streets unemployed while ECONSULT reports a continued decline in formal employment, this indeed is a nation at a crossroads in desperate need of the leadership of President Ndaba and the AP to lead it out of this Domkrag-created abyss.

A policy position that appreciates youth as worthy of investment to realise their dreams, as employable in sustainable jobs that make a meaningful contribution to the economy, as deserving of a decent, higher pay is just what our country is thirsty for.

This address comes as we count down the days to listen to the yearly circus christened the budget speech, when the BDP led government continues with its yearly rhetoric of lies and empty promises in a bid to appear like they care, when it is clear that they don’t. In spite of the 2017 episode they titled ‘Inclusive growth for realisation of employment creation and poverty eradication’, we have seen this economy at its worst in recent years.

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