Job creation, the countrys energy challenge, and economic growth should be top priorities for the upcoming government lekgotla, according to governance expert and managing director of DTM Consulting, Dr. Tim Maake.
After three weeks of intensive negotiations on cabinet positions and the subsequent swearing-in of cabinet ministers, eleven political parties in the government of national unity GNU will meet to discuss policy directions.
Maake says political parties will need to consolidate their election manifestos at the lekgotla.
Instead of disregarding what the other political parties have said in their manifestos theyll need to firstly engage vigorously on that so that they agree as to what are those aspects which they find to be common amongst themselves and having gone through all the manifestos of all political parties there were areas that were common across all political parties. What could be the difference would be the modalities of executing those manifestos.
The 7th administration begins amid a peak unemployment crisis and low economic growth. Maake states that immediate priorities should be stabilising the energy supply, fostering economic growth, intensifying the fight against corruption, and enhancing international relations. He also notes that the GNU can only succeed with visionary leadership.
