Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she was unmoved by the letter sent to her by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday demanding that she provide reasons why she should not be suspended within 10 days. Mkhwebane was speaking to the media in East London on Friday after meeting several MECs led by premier Oscar Mabuyane where they discussed several complaints of service delivery and governance issues affecting the province.
Police visibility will be heightened and vehicles scanned at the state of the province (Sopa) address in Bhisho on Thursday, after a fire engulfed parts of the parliament building in Cape Town.
Both the ANC and the South African Municipal Workers union (Samwu) in the Eastern Cape on Thursday called for the immediate removal of Amathole district municipality’s administration boss, Thandekile Mnyimba, at least until an investigation into his alleged involvement in the humiliating assault of a senior ANC councillor this week, is completed.
The net is tightening about corruption-accused Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane, with opposition parties closing ranks in their drive for his removal from office.
Just how many families in distress have already received the bank cards pre-loaded with R1,500 from the department of social development in the Eastern Cape?