{"id":686,"date":"2011-05-02T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T07:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=686"},"modified":"2011-05-02T09:19:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T07:19:56","slug":"zuma-marks-may-day-in-athlone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/zuma-marks-may-day-in-athlone\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuma marks May Day in Athlone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; President <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jacob Zuma\" rel=\"myspace\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/everything\/jacob-zuma\">Jacob Zuma<\/a> marked Workers&#8217; Day celebrations on Sunday by reiterating government&#8217;s commitment to creating jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma said that the government had declared 2011 the year of economic transformation and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>He said that &#8220;creating decent work is at the centre of our economic policies and our work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Research has indicated that we can create jobs in six priority areas. These are infrastructure development, agriculture, mining and beneficiation, manufacturing, the green economy and tourism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that they had identified the fisheries industry within as a &#8220;key potential jobs and economic growth driver, providing opportunities to rural fishing communities along South Africa&#8217;s 3000 kilometre coastline.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming control of the Fisheries Sector in 1994, Zuma said the government had brought about remarkable change to an industry that was previously dominated by five big white-owned fishing companies throughout the apartheid era.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, up to sixty percent of all fishing rights in this multibillion rand sector are awarded to previously disadvantaged fisher folk and fishing communities. &#8220;However, this industry still remains confronted by serious structural challenges. Big fishing companies still control the bulk of the industries catch, process and marketing infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;New entrants are unable to operate without the infrastructure and marketing network of big business,&#8221; Zuma said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that working with big companies, government intended to tackle &#8220;this financial disparity head-on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0 &#8220;We have to ensure that the broad-based aspirations of rural inland and coastal fishing communities are appropriately accommodated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations were attended by over 2000 people at the Athlone Stadium, Cape Town. \u2013 BuaNews<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lezgetreal.com\/2011\/03\/bad-reflection-on-president-zuma-as-anc-supporters-destroy-meaning-of-human-rights-day\/\">BAD Reflection on President Zuma as ANC Supporters Destroy Meaning of Human Rights Day<\/a> (lezgetreal.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/children-out-of-school-a-concern-says-zuma\/\">Children out of school a concern, says Zuma<\/a> (myza.co.za)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/zuma-says-south-africans-better-off-since-1994\/\">Zuma Says South Africans Better off Since 1994<\/a> (myza.co.za)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=d79265a6-4073-4bac-8f75-76c8cc73f2e3\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; President Jacob Zuma marked Workers&#8217; Day celebrations on Sunday by reiterating government&#8217;s commitment to creating jobs. 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