Tsomo residents used Friday’s Eastern Cape presidential imbizo, convened by President Cyril Ramaphosa, to appeal for the construction of a public hospital in the small town. Poor rural infrastructure, unemployment and hunger were some of the other main concerns raised by residents from the Chris Hani and Amathole district municipalities during the gathering.
Eastern Cape municipalities set to benefit from billions allocated by the national government for key water projects in the province have vowed to pull out all the stops to meet spending targets and ensure no funds are returned to the National Treasury at the end of the financial year.
Interested buyers, all 50 of them so far, are sharpening their knives ahead of the sale of Rebosis Property Fund and its various properties, which includes Hemingways Mall, East London’s most prestigious retail property, as well as Baywest Mall in Gqeberha. Secret written offers will be submitted this week, but eventual decisions on the bids could drag on until Christmas.
Prepare to pay for electricity usage upfront as the National Treasury nudges municipalities struggling to collect revenue from non-paying consumers to install prepaid meters.