African National Congress ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the liberation is incomplete without economic emancipation.
Ramaphosa has addressed Liberation Movements in Johannesburg.
It has brought together the ANC from South Africa, Zanu-PF from Zimbabwe, CCM from Tanzania, FRELIMO from Mozambique, the MPLA from Angola and other liberation movements from across the African continent.
Ramaphosa says minerals extracted from the continent should be a vessel for job creation.
We must recognise that our political independence is incomplete without economic justice. It is incomplete without resolving the issue of land. It is incomplete unless we industrialize, we beneficiate the minerals that are extracted from our land and we create jobs for our youth. As a region we must replace the colonial extractive model with regional value chains, anchored in our resources, driven by our young people and fuelled by innovation.