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The Eastern Cape government has announced that more than R2bn has been earmarked to turn 11 strategic gravel routes into tar roads. Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko told the Bhisho Legislature on Tuesday that R512.9m had been added to the provincial roads maintenance grant, increasing it from R1.5bn to R2.
Premier Oscar Mabuyane, in a podcast interview with DispatchLIVE on Monday, compared the Eastern Cape’s performance in 2023 to what the ANC government hoped to achieve in priority areas in its next five years — that is if it wins the national election in May.In many of the priority areas, the provincial government’s current performance was ahead of the curve.
President Cyril Ramaphosa used his State of the Nation Address on Thursday night to lash out at the administration of former president Jacob Zuma, saying the greatest damage to the country was inflicted during the state capture era.
Has the president kept his word on infrastructure, development and education?
Read President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2024 state of the nation address, delivered in Cape Town on Thursday night, in full.