THE DA in the Eastern Cape has written to transport MEC Weziwe Tikana demanding answers about the on-going overtime pay dispute that has resulted in provincial traffic officers abandoning overtime […]
THE provincial legislature’s portfolio committee on transport is considering an oversight visit to the Eastern Cape’s three provincial garages. This follows a Dispatch report which exposed how more than R100-million […]
AS THE country closed women’s month on Wednesday, the Democratic Alliance Women’s Network (Dawn) in the Buffalo City region celebrated the historic women’s march of 1956 at the Buffalo Flats […]
THE DA is hugely proud of the incredible work done by EMS staff and district manager Brendan Methune. Our EMS personnel risk their lives to save our lives. Despite non-compliance […]
Sihlwayi, Majodina under fire for using alternative transport SOCIAL development MEC Nancy Sihlwayi and her sport, recreation, arts and culture counterpart Pemmy Majodina flew to Pretoria last week for the […]
THE first meeting of council in Nelson Mandela Bay has been called – adding renewed urgency to coalition talks following last week’s dramatic municipal elections. Not all parties were aware […]
BABYSITTING interventions in ailing Eastern Cape municipalities are not working. This is because some municipalities quickly regress to the bad state they were in before the provincial government intervened, the […]
Unemployment rising as economy tumbles AS AN influx of new graduates enter the job market, the South African unemployment rate continues to soar while the economy spirals in the opposite […]
‘Local is lekker’ now official policy THE Eastern Cape economy is set for an R18-billion boost from Bhisho over the next three years. Government has committed to strictly buy goods […]
Premier wants voters at centre of delivery PREMIER Phumulo Masualle and his executive plan to woo disenchanted voters ahead of the forthcoming local government elections with a grand master plan […]