South Africa needs drastic intervention to jumpstart the economy and overcome poverty, unemployment and inequality, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday in his seventh state-of-the-nation address.

Zuma sombrely acknowledged that economic growth had lagged far behind government's target and that many South Africans were struggling.

"Change will not come about without some far-reaching intervention," Zuma said.

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