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DA flays Nqatha over delayed safety summit for northern areas

The DA in the Eastern Cape has accused community safety MEC Xolile Nqatha of dragging his feet in hosting a safety summit for Nelson Mandela Bay’s crime-ridden northern areas.

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Education department loses R7m in payment blunder

The Eastern Cape department of education has been flagged by the auditor-general for a blunder that caused it to lose R7m when it failed to pay a consultant on time for the construction of 29 schools. The department failed to pay within the 30-day time frame.

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Vicious cycle of violence in northern areas must end

The gang violence in Gqeberha's northern areas has raged on for decades.

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180 reasons for urgent action on Nelson Mandela Bay gang violence

Gang violence has claimed more than 180 lives in Nelson Mandela Bay in the past two years, leaving countless families heartbroken and residents constantly looking over their shoulders, wondering when they will be next.

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Provincial departments red-flagged for underspending

A report tabled in the Eastern Cape legislature has sounded alarms bells on how provincial government departments are lagging behind in their spending on critical infrastructure projects, raising fears it could see millions returned to the National Treasury at the end of the 2023/2024 financial year.

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MEC criticised for delay in provision of drug testing kits to northern areas schools

Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade has been criticised for his department’s failure to deliver essential drug testing kits to schools in the northern areas.

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Teacher, principal suspended as teen pregnancies soar

An Eastern Cape principal and teacher, whose school has been flagged by authorities for its high number of teenage pregnancies, have been suspended for allegedly impregnating schoolgirls.

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Provincial budget too heavily focused on social services, opposition parties say

Eastern Cape opposition parties say too much of the provincial budget having been allocated to social services, as opposed to the economic sector, is hampering development in the province. Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko delivered his R91.6bn provincial budget for the 2023/2024 financial year on a virtual platform on Tuesday.

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Several Bhisho departments projected to overspend by hundreds of millions

Some Eastern Cape government departments appear to have ignored the provincial treasury’s call to spend their allocated budget effectively and according to plan, and are projected to overspend by hundreds of millions of rand. The health, education, transport and human settlements departments are set to overshoot their budgets by the biggest amount in the 2022/2023 financial year, adding to pressure on the overstretched provincial fiscus.

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Metro decay evident in northern areas community

Inhumane living conditions, a total disregard for municipal bylaws, and a crumbling multimillion-rand public swimming pool.

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