ANC sets out ‘bolder goals’ for 2009 election

THE African National Congress (ANC) would not plunder the pockets of South Africans to realise the ambitious goals set out in its election manifesto, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said yesterday. The bolder goals include a seven to 10 percent drop in the crime rate, an extension in the child-support grant for an additional four years up to the age of 18, and more investment in support for black farmers after land claims. The point that I wanted to emphasiseis that anything that is going to be...