Star2.jpg Makhura is upbeat about ANC support Shanti Aboobaker, The Star, Johannesburg, 6 August 2015 The ANC has clawed back support from its poor election results last year, Gauteng Premier David Makhura says. "Based on the work we've done over the past 14 months, independent surveys, not done by the Gauteng government, show that in November last year the ANC was recovering its support to 55 percent in Gauteng," Makhura told the provincial COSATU congress. "By March this year, we recovered to 60 percent. We're confident the ANC will go back to the support it used to enjoy - way above 60 percent in this province." Makhura was addressing delegates on the second day of COSATU's Gauteng congress. He urged union members to accept that corruption in the government was not merely "a rumour". "It is endemic in the government. My people experience corruption in their daily life with the government," he said. He called on workers to join the, provincial government in creating employment, mainly through re-industrialisation programmes. As announced during his. State of the Province Address earlier this year, five development corridors will be created, with Ekurhuleni to be made the manufacturing hub. Makhura claimed the government had saved more than 150 000 jobs in motor manufacturing in Gauteng. "You can prevent job losses with state intervention." While "30 years ago no cars were produced in Gauteng" because they were all manufactured in Durban or East London, 32 percent of cars are now being produced in Rosslyn, Pretoria. "Learning from the government intervening in the automotive industry we want to improve food and services, clothing, textile and timber industry job growth," he said. With mining declining, it was unfeasible for a place like the West Rand to rely only on that sector. He called on union investment arms to invest in the township economy and not in white monopoly capital, and to look at how investing in townships could create employment. Transcribed -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
