State of the Nation Address - 3rd Jun 2009
President Jacob Zuma says the economic crisis will not derail his government's plans to deal with the country's major challenges.Delivering his maiden State Of The Nation address at Parliament, Zuma said: "The economic downturn will affect the pace at which our country is able to address the social and economic challenges it faces. But it will not alter the direction of our development."
Outlining his government's priorities for the next five years, Zuma place job creation at the centre of economic policies and committed his administration to a goal of creating about four million jobs by 2014, with half a million of them to come on-stream by the end of this year.
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