In his 2015 State of the Nation Address, President Jacob Zuma announced the Nine-Point Plan to boost economic growth and create much-needed jobs.
In addition to projected growth of 2% in 2015, the NinePoint Plan could potentially accelerate the growth of the economy by an additional 0,8 percentage points in the short-term and one percentage point in the medium to long-term. Below are the various aspects of the plan and some of the progress made thus far.