Zuma promises 4 million jobs by 2014

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Zuma promises 4 million jobs by 2014

Per Bloomberg, South Africa President Jacob Zuma pledged to create four million jobs by 2014, including 500,000 by the end of this year, in his state of the nation address Wednesday. He said that the government would boost public spending to make it happen and combat South Africa’s first recession in 17 years.

His bold statements caught the attention of South African Twitterers, though some were skeptical.

Radio702 (Johannesburg, South Africa) #Zuma: We make a commitment that working together we will speed up economic growth and transform the economy & create decent jobs. 03 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck

hartleyr (Johannesburg, South Africa) zuma – 500k jobs to be created, but little detail 03 Jun 2009 from mobile web

vuyolutseke (Johannesburg, South Africa) 4million jobs by 2014. HOW? 03 Jun 2009 from web

roballen101 (Johannesburg, South Africa) Jacob Zuma – “Between now and December 2009, we plan to create about 500,000 job opportunities” – going to be tricky in a big recession 03 Jun 2009 from web

NickVDL (Johannesburg, South Africa) Zille says Zuma;s State of the Nation was ‘warm and fuzzy’ [Plus Full Statement .PDF] http://bit.ly/kNYgn 03 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck

AQUILOGY (Johannesburg, South Africa) #Zuma’s #stateofthenation speech dissected http://tinyurl.com/r4kg45 Not agreeing 100% with it but it makes you go hmmm 03 Jun 2009 from web

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