All development projects should translate to job creation and economic development. Madam Speaker, Honourable Premier, colleagues and guests, I greet you all. The projects funded by the provincial department of agriculture and agrarian reform are failing to create jobs and will not yield any developmental results. These projects are not sustainable as the department is simply complying with legislation and is failing dismally when it comes to ensuring the sustainability …
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All posts relating to Veliswa Mvenya, DA Caucus Leader in the Eastern Cape Legislature
Speech notes by Veliswa Mvenya MPL on consideration of report of Portfolio Committee on Rural Development & Agrarian Reform on oversight visits to projects funded by the department, 14 March 2018
DA does not support EC open-ended report on Matatiele incorporation issue
The DA does not support the open-ended report that was tabled in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature today (subs: 27 February 2018) on the Intended Constitution Amendment Bill for the re-incorporation of the Matatiele Municipality back into KwaZulu-Natal, as no meaningful consultation took place with the community. As stated in the report, public hearings were held at only two venues and limited to only eight members of the legislature’s Portfolio …
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Cogta MEC must see Ingquza Hill “temporary homes” for himself and fix the lies
The DA has requested an investigation by Eastern Cape Legislature Speaker Noxolo Kiviet into answers to questions for oral reply presented to the House by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Fikile Xasa relating to the demolition of houses in the Ingquza Hill Municipality in 2016. The reply from the MEC does not reflect the truth. He must go and see for himself the tragedy that befell the …
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Councillors reject administration plan: Daily Dispatch
Enoch Mgijima ANC say they can turn it around ANC councillors in the embattled Enoch Mgijima Municipality yesterday rejected cooperative governance and traditional affairs MEC Fikile Xasa’s plan to place the struggling Komani-based council under administration. The ruling party used its majority in council to reject the plan, saying plans were afoot to turn the mun fortunes around. A total of 41 councillors rejected the plan, while nine approved it. …
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Mnquma’s pain
GROTESQUE certainly describes the goings-on at Mnquma (“Grotesque profits of graft” DD, October 19). My heart is broken. We are really suffering here in my hometown of Butterworth while ruthless people are playing with our funds. Every effort of government must be focused on improving the lives of all our people. To achieve this, all organs of state must be effective, transparent, accountable and coherent. But how can our people …
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EC still waiting for R254-million for drought relief
The Eastern Cape provincial government does not have a budget for drought relief. And five months into the 2017/18 financial year the province is still waiting for R254-million for drought relief from the national Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Daff). The drought has been ongoing for more than two years and getting worse. The tardiness shown by the provincial government in taking this crisis seriously is reckless and suicidal. …
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Blocked toilets greet delegates: Daily Sun
MPs visiting Sassa offices and paypoints across the Eastern Cape has lashed out at the poor conditions of most facilities. On Friday, leaking, blocked toilets and old inaccessible structures welcomed DA MP and shadow minister of social development, Bridget Masango, in Tsolo, near Mthatha. She was accompanied by Eastern Cape shadow MEC for social development, Kobus Botha and member of the Eastern Cape Legislature Veliswa Mvenya. As they inspected the social development office nearby, the three DA officials were shocked …
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Bhisho needs R250m for drought aid: Daily Dispatch
MEC says no budget, so funds need to come from national govt THE Eastern Cape government needs more than R250-million in the 201718 financial year to bail out provincial farmers affected by the drought that has gripped most parts of the province for years now. As a result, the province has now approached national government to help them with the required funds needed to provide adequate drought relief assistance to …
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DA urges speedier water relief: Daily Dispatch
DESPITE millions being made available for water provision in Amathole District Municipality its residents are still without water, the DA complained in the Bhisho legislature. In a document seen by the Dispatch, the Eastern Cape treasury has allocated close to R300-million in a water services infrastructure grant to the ADM over three financial years. But the DA is not happy, saying residents in the drought-stricken district have seen little to …
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