The Eastern Cape government has announced that more than R2bn has been earmarked to turn 11 strategic gravel routes into tar roads. Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko told the Bhisho Legislature on Tuesday that R512.9m had been added to the provincial roads maintenance grant, increasing it from R1.5bn to R2.
Despite three false starts since December last year, the Eastern Cape ANC elective conference is finally set to take place. It kicks off with the registration of 1,500 delegates at the Orient Theatre in East London on Friday morning. The conference starts at the East London ICC on Saturday. All delegates are required to present a vaccine certificate or a negative Covid-19 test not older than 72 hours.