President Cyril Ramaphosa says he's instructed two of his ministers to intervene in a "go-slow" at South African ports, which has almost brought operations at the Ngqura container terminal in Port Elizabeth to a standstill and is costing the South African economy millions of rands a day.
While tabling the presidency budget in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Ramaphosa said he had directed Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel to intervene and get South Africa's goods to their export destinations urgently.
The President said the country cannot aim to grow its economy on the basis of exporting value-added products and then fail to meet its obligations to get goods to international markets safely and on time.
The go-slow, which workers embarked on to protest promotions at Transnet Port Terminals, has been ongoing for more than two weeks with motor vehicle production at Uitenhage and citrus exports among those severely affected.
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