Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane will bring government, business, labour and investors together in KuGompo City on Tuesday to identify obstacles holding back investment and job creation in the province.
The Buffalo City Metro has intensified its crackdown on cable theft, deploying a multi-agency task team, increasing patrols and installing new detection technology as electricity and water losses continue to cost the municipality a fortune.
An estimated 370,000 former mineworkers live in the Eastern Cape, giving the province one of the country’s largest concentrations of potential beneficiaries.
Eastern Cape businesses will get an opportunity to connect directly with international buyers and investors this week as the province hosts its seventh Export Symposium and Exhibition.
Port St Johns launched a new Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) chapter, joining a national initiative supporting smallholders in organic agriculture.
The UDM has named deputy president Nqabayomzi Kwankwa as its Buffalo City Metro mayoral candidate, deploying one of its most senior leaders as it mounts an ambitious bid to expand its presence in the metro in the November 4 local government elections.
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The likelihood of getting emergency assistance if one falls critically ill or is injured in an accident on Eastern Cape roads is becoming slimmer by the day.
The Eastern Cape desperately needs jobs. At the same time, it possesses one of SA’s greatest tourism assets.
Forty-one years have passed since the Duncan Village massacre. For some, the memories of August 1985 have faded into the background of SA’s troubled history. Yet for survivors and families who lost loved ones, the pain has never belonged only to the past.
