Several senior Eastern Cape ANC MPLs will not return to the legislature after being left off the party’s provincial candidate list for the 2024 general election. The IEC released the final candidate lists for parliament and the nine provincial legislatures on Wednesday. Seasoned politicians who did not make the cut include former health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) provincial chair Mxolisi Dimaza, transport portfolio committee chair Xolani Malamlela and .
An ANC MPL wants the Buffalo City Metro to consider making available land for a heroes acre because graves of the party’s stalwarts and freedom fighters are being vandalised at the Cambridge Cemetery. Xolani Malamlela tabled his motion in the provincial legislature last week. Malamlela lamented the rate of vandalism of the tombstones at the Cambridge Cemetery.
Although some believe this is a high stakes game between Zweli Mkhize and the Cyril Ramaphosa faction, many overlook treasurer general Paul Mashatile, who may be the biggest winner as the national leader who fought for Babalo Madikizela to be the provincial chair
Departments slammed over irregular expenditure of millions Transport, economic developments’ poor record a result of bad management, Bhisho legislature told PREMIUM
Nomazima Nkosi Senior council reporter 05 February 2021
The departments of transport and economic development came under fire from members of the Eastern Cape legislature on Thursday over the irregular expenditure of millions of rand.
The transport department incurred R1.6bn over a number of unspecified years with the figure standing at more than R180m for the 2019/2020 financial year.
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