{"id":966270,"date":"2024-03-24T19:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=966270"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:00:25","slug":"atm-leader-promises-to-create-jobs-by-building-factories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/atm-leader-promises-to-create-jobs-by-building-factories\/","title":{"rendered":"ATM leader promises to create jobs by building factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyo Zungula says his party if voted into power, will ramp up job creation by constructing factories that will hire people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ATM was launching its provincial campaign at the Jabulani Amphitheatre in Soweto where Zungula addressed thousands of supporters on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>South Africans go to the polls in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/sa-to-go-the-polls-on-29-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general elections on 29 May<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Zungula says ATM solutions are tailored to address critical issues such as unemployment.\u00a0\u201cUnder the ATM government, we are going to ensure that there\u2019s local production of basic goods. We can\u2019t be importing soap, and toothpicks to the extent that everything we eat, and wear is made in other countries. SA will not be Made in China county. Under ATM most products will be made in SA that is how you create jobs, you build factories, and manufacture in that country to create jobs.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ATM President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZungulaVuyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ZungulaVuyo<\/a> has concluded his remarks at the ATM\u2019s Puso Bathong Rally !!<\/p>\n<p>The mood is Electrifying \u26a1\ufe0f\u26a1\ufe0f?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VoteATM2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#VoteATM2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VoteATM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#VoteATM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7nAedL3geu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/7nAedL3geu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 African Transformation Movement (@ATMovement_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATMovement_SA\/status\/1771868004931776539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Quality of healthcare\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ATM has also criticised the quality of health services for the poor. The party says there must be quality health care for all South Africans.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Zungula has decried the status quo of exceptional health services for the wealthy. This is despite the government\u2019s current intervention to ensure that all citizens have access to quality healthcare through the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are equally saying, as the ATM, there needs to be quality healthcare for everyone. There can\u2019t be a case whereby if you are rich, you are wealthy, you are going to get exceptional healthcare but if you are poor, you are not going to get quality healthcare.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Social grants\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ATM says there must be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/920872-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase in social grants<\/a>. Zungula says the grant system must be dependable, adding that the increase must reflect the scale of the needs of South Africans.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere must be a timeous and dependable grant system. We can\u2019t have grants that we will receive today and tomorrow we don\u2019t get them and grants must increase to reflect the needs of our people.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><strong>ATM Leader Vuyo Zungula calls for state accountability and effective governance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/usOVgjMpr80?si=zMXafCjK9aUfaI4y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyo Zungula says his party if voted into power, will ramp up job creation by constructing factories that will hire people. The ATM was launching its provincial campaign at the Jabulani Amphitheatre in Soweto where Zungula addressed thousands of supporters on Sunday. 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