I want to thank the DA community for their support during my medical disability in 2011. I confirm that I am back and available. My new portfolios in the legislature are 1) Roads and Public Works. 2) Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. I will once again be focussing on the maintenance of roads in the [...]

The process of post provisioning has been completed, but sadly 8 000 vacancies have as yet not been filled. This is of grave concern as the absence of teachers in classrooms will have a detrimental effect on the provision of sustained quality education. There are currently 6 715 teachers in excess and a further 2 [...]

The DA motion to have illegally constituted ward committees nullified will be debated in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature today. Below is one of my previous statements on this issue which was sent out on 13 September 2011: The Democratic Alliance will be proposing a motion with notice to have illegally constituted ward committee elections [...]

A A very successful DA sponsored soccer knock-out tournament between eight local soccer teams from the Amahlathi Municipality took place on Heritage Day on the Amatolaville Fields. Cllr Julia Gxalaba, Cllr Taki Kyriacos and MPL Dacre Haddon opened the Games in cold and drizzly weather. The matches at times became rough as teams were desperate [...]