We are overhauling the freight rail system by allowing private rail operators to access the rail network.

Transnet has appointed an international terminal operator to help expand and improve its largest terminal at the Port of Durban.

Through the Presidential Employment Stimulus, more than 1.7 million work and livelihood opportunities have been created.

Through the stimulus, more than 1 million school assistants have been placed 23,000 schools.

Over 4.3 million young people are now registered on SAYouth.mobi and 1.6 million have so far secured opportunities.

The number of South Africans in employment increased from 8 million in 1994 to over 16.7 million now.

Over the last two years, the number of jobs being created has been increasing every quarter, and we now have more people in employment than before the pandemic.

Through the revived renewable energy programme, we have connected more than 2,500 MW of solar and wind power to the grid over the last five years.

Through tax incentives and financial support, we have more than doubled the amount of rooftop solar capacity across the country in just the past year.

Regulatory reforms to enable private investment in electricity generation has resulted in more than 120 new private energy projects now in development.

Financing pledges for the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan have increased from around R170 billion to almost R240 billion.

The auction of broadband spectrum has resulted in lower data costs and improved network reach and quality.

New regulations to reform our visa system have been published to make it easier to attract the skills that our economy needs for further innovation and entrepreneurship

Participation of previously disadvantaged black people in the mining sector is increasing. Black ownership stands at approximately 39 percent when compared with 2 percent in 2004.

Around 25 percent of farmland in our country is now owned by black South Africans.

We have supported around 1,000 black industrialists with funding and other forms of support. These black-owned firms employ more than 90,000 workers and contribute many billions of rands to our economy.

Over the last five years, about 200,000 more workers obtained ownership of shares in the companies they work, bringing the total worker ownership in companies in the South African economy to well over half a million workers.

The latest matric pass rate, at 82.9%, is the highest ever.

No-fee schools are accounting for more and more bachelor passes achieved.

Fewer learners are dropping out of school. The percentage of learners who completed 12 years of education rose from 45% in 2008 to 62% in 2022.

The implementation of the National Minimum Wage in 2019 immediately raised the wages of over 6 million workers.

Special SRD Grants currently reach some 9 million unemployed people every month.

Maternal and infant deaths have declined dramatically.

We have built more hospitals and clinics, especially in poor areas, providing better quality care to more South Africans.

Today, 95%of persons diagnosed with HIV know their status, 79% of those receive antiretroviral treatment, and 93% of those are virally suppressed.

New HIV infections among young people have declined significantly.

Nearly nine out of every ten households live in a formal dwelling.

In 1994, only 6 out of 10 South Africans had access to clean drinking water. Today, that figure has increased to nearly 9 out of 10 South Africans.

We put a decisive stop to state capture and have worked to dismantle the criminal networks within the state and to ensure that perpetrators faced justice.

We appointed capable people with integrity to head our law enforcement agencies, government departments, security services and state companies.

The credibility and efficiency of a number of institutions like the South African Revenue Service have been restored and their performance improved.

We set up the Investigating Directorate as a specialised and multidisciplinary unit within the National Prosecuting Authority to investigate corruption and other serious crimes.

Through new legislation, we have strengthened our ability to prevent money laundering and fraud and secure South Africa’s removal from the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force.

With the assistance of business, we have set up a digital forensic capability to support the NPA Investigating Directorate, which will be expanded to support law enforcement in the near future.

An extra 5,000 police officers have been deployed to Public Order Policing.

The SAPS has launched Operation Shanela as a new approach to target crime hotspots, which has resulted in over 285,000 arrests since May last year.

The launch of the new Border Management Authority has improved the security of our borders and has already stopped over 100,000 people who tried to enter our country illegally.

Economic Infrastructure Task Teams operational in all provinces have had important successes in combatting cable theft, damage to critical infrastructure and illegal mining.

A National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence (GBV) was developed, together with civil society, as a society wide response to this pandemic.

Around R21 billion was dedicated over the medium term to the implementation of the six pillars of the National Strategic Plan on GBV, including the economic empowerment of women.

South African Sign Language is now the 12th official language of our country.

We are providing support to local government, including professionalising the civil service and ensuring that people with the right skills are appointed to key positions.

The District Development Model has proven to be an effective instrument to enhance cooperative governance and collaboration in addressing the service delivery challenges in communities.