Eastern Cape MPLs who conducted oversight visits to hospitals and clinics across the province painted a bleak picture of the healthcare system, with the DA urging health minister Dr Joe Phaahla to place the provincial health department under administration.
Nothing has been done yet to revamp the dilapidated Amatola Sun hotel in Bhisho despite a bold undertaking by the provincial department of public works & infrastructure in 2022 that the building would be refurbished at a cost of R3bn.
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has promised to create 200,000 work opportunities for young people in the province.Mabuyane was addressing a Youth Day Rally in Gqeberha on Friday.
The EFF in the Eastern Cape has called for an establishment of a university in Lusikisiki, arguing such an initiative will help Mpondoland youth to have an easier reach to higher education and improve the local economy. The Mpondoland area, made out of Lusikisiki, Flagstaff, Ntabankulu, Mbizana, Port St Johns, Libode and Ngqeleni, has no university of its own.
Zolile Sekeleni, 65, an Eastern Cape businessman who previously had a long career as a highly respected educator, yesterday found himself in the dock for murder and for aiding Thabo Bester's escape from jail.