From forfeiting R100m while schools are in dire need of infrastructural upgrades to an uproar over a UAE delegation landing at Bulembu Airport, there was never a dull moment in 2023 in the Eastern Cape’s political and administrative affairs. The Dispatch is looking back at the year that was, reflecting on some of the topical issues that had set the news agenda for the province.
Premier Oscar Mabuyane has opened up on his decision to move some of the province’s heads of department to a unit in his office, saying they would have faced “harsh consequence management” had they refused to be shunted.
The Eastern Cape provincial government has a new “crack team” after premier Oscar Mabuyane controversially moved five Bhisho department heads from their positions to his office.
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