CAPE TOWN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - South Africa will roll out a big infrastructure spending programme and large-scale employment stimulus to revive an economy that was ailing even before the coronavirus crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.

Unveiling a COVID-19 economic recovery plan in parliament, Ramaphosa said the government would unlock more than 1 trillion rand ($60 billion) in infrastructure investment over the next four years and would create more than 800,000 jobs in the immediate term.

($1 = 16.6733 rand) (Reporting by Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning; Writing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; Editing by Edmund Blair)