With the Eastern Cape hit almost weekly by protests over service delivery, premier Oscar Mabuyane reflected at the weekend on three decades of democracy, calling for people to be optimistic. Irate residents have taken to the streets across the province over grievances such as a lack of clean drinking water, proper schools and roads, unemployment, electricity, crime and corruption.
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The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) has unveiled three new investments, collectively valued at about R1.3bn, which are expected to generate 1,134 new employment opportunities. While the capital injection was great news, it was sobered by the farewell to long-serving CEO, Simphiwe Kondlo, who has retired.
Since 2019 the Eastern Cape provincial government has invested about R6 billion in building 104 state-of-the-art schools to replace mud structures, mostly in the former Transkei.
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has admitted achieving the full vision of the Bill of Rights outlined in the country’s constitution has faced several challenges over three decades of democracy. Mabuyane was addressing hundreds of residents at the Bhisho stadium on Saturday in celebration of 30 years of freedom.