Former transport MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe is the first casualty of the ANC Eastern Cape provincial conference after finding herself on the sidelines after a cabinet reshuffle.
Two Eastern Cape MECs have been axed and several political heads of struggling provincial departments have been shifted around. Opposition parties claim the reshuffle has nothing to do with service delivery and that Premier Oscar Mabuyane is simply ‘cleaning house’ before the ANC’s electi.
Two of the province’s top tertiary institutions, Nelson Mandela University and Fort Hare University, instilled the importance of keeping the legacy of liberation hero Sizwe Kondile alive at the late ANC stalwart’s memorial lecture on Friday afternoon.
Almost R60million has been set aside by the provincial government for the production of three new TV productions to be shot in the Eastern Cape this year.