Premier: 6. Mr J Pienaar to ask the Premier: (1) Whether she has been informed that during his term as MEC responsible for Health in the province, hon Dr Bevan Goqwana (a) was charged with fraud as a private medical practitioner, arising from complaints received by Medscheme Medical Aid and (b) requested the previous Premier [...]

The delay in finalising the fate of former Metro municipal manager Graham Richards must be concluded forthwith. Since late 2009 when Richards was suspended he was put on special leave pending the outcome of the investigation concerning himself. As a result he has been continuing to receive a salary while on suspended leave.

The implementation of new public transport legislation to regulate operating permits for taxis in the province is a fiasco and could spell disaster for people wishing to operate taxis during the Soccer World Cup. This provincial and national disgrace was caused when the regulations in the National Land Transport Act pertaining to issuing permits for [...]

The Democratic Alliance in the Provincial legislature will intervene in the speeding up of the rebuilding of the Vukani Village tornado project in Grahamstown.  A 15 month delay in sorting out this problem is unacceptable and shows the continued incompetence of the officials of this department.

It is of provincial importance that the launch of the Provincial “Arrive Alive” festive season campaign tomorrow (subs: Thurs, 10 Dec) is a massive success. Motor accidents cost the province R945,360.00 in the last financial year, which could have been better spent on other service delivery issues to the public.

Officials from the Eastern Cape Department of Transport should be sacked for their financial mismanagement. Episodes such as the departmental Secretary’s Day celebration-scandal, which had cost R 325 000, consisting luxurious accommodation, gifts and the like is but one example. With a department budget of R 2, 8 billion during the last financial year, a [...]

Honourable Speaker, Honourable Madam Premier, MEC’s, Honourable MPL’s, officials and guests The reading of the Annual & Financial Report for the last financial year as well as the findings, make for interesting reading. The DA applauds you, Madam MEC, on your commitment to job creation within the Department. The efforts of your Department in employing [...]

Honourable Speaker, Madam Premier, MEC’s, Members of the Legislature, the media and guests. There has been a marginal improvement in housing service delivery during the 2008/09 financial year. While we acknowledge the good work by the department in attaining their housing target of 15000 houses during the year-much of the credit in achieving this number [...]

The cost to build an RDP house in the Sweetwaters Housing project near King William’s Town is now in excess of R105 000 per unit. In response to a parliamentary question in the Provincial Legislature, it was revealed that 87 partially completed houses in this project near King William’s Town had so far cost R9,15 [...]

More than R123 million was owed to the Nelson Mandela Metro by its powers-that-be in the in the Provincial- and National government as at 31 August 2009. A whopping R4, 7 million of this amount is made up of interest. The real shocker is that the amassed amounts include non-payment for normal day-to-day business such [...]