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Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane aims to build on the momentum of the province’s nascent economic recovery in 2022 — reflected in improved GDP and employment figures — by attracting additional investors and creating more jobs.
“The situation in his municipality is very bad. More than 70% of our roads are gravel and this includes some of the previous ones that were tarred and it’s mostly due to poor maintenance and unfunded projects,”
Eastern Cape MPLs received complimentary breakfast and lunch, but were each then also handed R1,000 in cash per night “for supper” during their Taking Legislature to the People programme held in the Joe Gqabi district last week. The programme, held at Bensonvale College in Sterkspruit, ran from January 31 to February 3.
The provincial health department has run up against a new challenge in providing decent services to Eastern Cape citizens: the prevalence of “ghost workers” in its system.
Strong growth in certain sectors managed to hold a downward trend in the unemployment rate in Nelson Mandela Bay.