南非副总统马拉福萨20XX年圣诞英语演讲稿.docVIP

南非副总统马拉福萨20XX年圣诞英语演讲稿 　　Fellow South Africans, 　　We are nearing the end of another momentous year in the history of our young democracy. 　　This year has taken us closer to the achievement of a non-racial, non-sexist, democraticSouth Africa in which all of us, black and white, can live in peace, harmony and prosperity. 　　This is a time when we should collectively reflect on the progress made during the year andcommit ourselves further to address the challenges that face our country and its people. 　　We do so with a view to consolidating the gains we have thus far made while sparing neitherstrength nor effort in confronting the challenges facing our country, which are poverty,unemployment and inequality. 　　In a difficult global economic environment, we have been working very hard to strengthenour economy through investment in infrastructure, providing support to key industrial sectors,and developing our agricultural value chain. 　　Working together, we have stabilised the supply of electricity to our homes, to our schools,hospitals, factories and businesses. 　　Working together again with our key role players in labour, business, communities andgovernment, we have made significant progress towards the introduction of a national minimumwage as one of the key mechanisms that will enable us to reduce income inequality. 　　These deliberations have been part of a broader process among all social partners to improvethe labour relations environment in our country, which we expect to complete in the new year. 　　President Jacob Zuma has led an important engagement with major stakeholders in addressingkey issues arising from studentsrsquo; protests around the cost of higher education. 　　We are confident that working together with students organisations and management we willfind long-term solutions to all these challenges. 　　Working together as South Africans, we will be able to realise the call that was made in theFreedom Charter for higher education and technical training to be