Ramaphosa says S.Africa needs fundamental change to tackle economic woes

FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a news conference after the G20 Compact with Africa conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany August 27, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his country needed a fundamental change in order to revive economic growth and tackle endemic poverty, inequality and unemployment he described as unacceptable.

Ramaphosa said there was a need to address the immediate crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to create conditions for long-lasting development.