Ramaphosa said public finances were limited amid a South African economy that was not growing and government was not "able to do everything at one time".

The priorities: 

- Economic transformation and job creation;

- Education, skills and health;

- Consolidating the social wage through reliable and quality basic services;

- Spatial integration, human settlements and local government;

- Social cohesion and safe communities;

- A capable, ethical and developmental state; and

- A better Africa and World.
 
"All our programmes and policies across all departments and agencies will be directed in pursuit of these overarching tasks," the president said.

African News Agency (ANA)