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Decades late, the long awaited Umzimvubu water project is trundling ahead, with the department of water & sanitation saying it will complete the construction of the Ntabelanga Dam, which cuts across villages in Nqanqarhu and Qumbu, in the next five years.
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.
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has been hailed a success by President Cyril Ramaphosa who said the government initiative has created more than 14 million work opportunities since its inception 20 years ago.
A R26.5m infrastructure project that will benefit 150 informal traders was officially launched at eMaXesibeni on Friday. Finance, economic development, environmental affairs and tourism MEC Mlungisi Mvoko said 84 informal traders had already been allocated trading space at the new eMaXesibeni Hawkers Centre.