President Jacob Zuma is out of touch with the reality of South Africa, AfriForum said following the State of the Nation Address on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The speech Zuma gave was a series of agreeable promises, most of which could not be realised, said AfriForum spokesman Ernst Roets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems as if he would like to apply radical intervention in all the wrong places.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roets said areas that required radical intervention were ignored due to lack of understanding of the true scope of the issues the country faced.<\/p>\n
The organisation said the president had failed to acknowledge the fact that farmers were being forced to abandon the sector due to violence.<\/p>\n
It was unrealistic to expect the agricultural sector to create a million employment opportunities while farmers were regularly attacked.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnemployment indeed is one of the country\u2019s most serious crises. the root of the problem actually is to be found in state interference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roets suggested that youth unemployment should be tackled through the education department.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe undertaking that the number of matriculants with exemption will be increased cannot be achieved unless education standards are lowered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The organisation claimed that no plan of action was provided to ensure the increase would be reached.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe focus is on attaining numbers instead of improving on the quality of the education provided.\u201d<\/p>\n
AfriForum was also concerned that nothing much was said about high levels of crime in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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