{"id":200420,"date":"2019-04-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/200420\/ramaphosa-responds-to-hip-alliances-concerns-for-the-future\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T08:32:11","slug":"ramaphosa-responds-to-hip-alliances-concerns-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/05\/ramaphosa-responds-to-hip-alliances-concerns-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa responds to HIP Alliance’s concerns for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Cyril Ramaphosa spent time with the Hellenic, Italian, and Portuguese communities in South Africa, also known as the HIP Alliance, during a community dialogue held at the St John\u2019s Hellenic Hall, in Wychwood, last Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The venue was filled to capacity as community members gathered in anticipation to hear the President\u2019s views on a number of their concerns and where they fit in his plans for the country.<\/p>

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Chairperson of the HIP Alliance Dr Stravos Nicolauo chaired the meeting and started proceeding by identifying several community members who had tabled various questions for the President under topics such as entrepreneurship, social cohesion, service delivery, women empowerment, land reform, load-shedding, the economy, national health care and coalition governments.<\/p>\n

Environmentalist Catherine Constantinides urged all residents to be active citizens and questioned Ramaphosa on the role of the women in building the country and his views on women empowerment.<\/p>

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Dr Stravos Nicolauo, the chairperson of the HIP Alliance, leads a community dialogue seeking strategic answers from President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the St John\u2019s Hellenic Hall, in Wychwood, last Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cWe have one of the best constitutions in the world because we strive for a non-sexist, non-racist, democratic and prosperous society,\u201d said Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged that though South Africa still has many battle scars from a difficult past it was everyone\u2019s responsibility to change the ideologies behind racism and patriarchy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen empowerment should include economic empowerment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should include the best training for women in the workplace and equal pay for equal work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa addressed the alarming statistics surrounding gender-based violence and explained he was scheduled to sign a new declaration against gender-based violence and femicide on Thursday.<\/p>\n

During the meeting the president also touched on the problems at Eskom.<\/p>\n

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