Algoa FM: Department of Water confirms DA allegations about sewage flowing into Fish River
June 14th, 2019Warning: Use of undefined constant thumbnail - assumed 'thumbnail' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/hzktncfg/public_html/wp-content/themes/DABhisho2015/DATemplates/newsroom.php on line 38
The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape has called on the Green Scorpions to investigate raw sewerage flowing into the Fish River at Cradock. The party’s Midland’s Constituency Leader, Retief Odendaal, says this will place the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people at risk. He says he visited the Local Municipality’s wastewater treatment plant in Cradock on Wednesday and was shocked to find it completely shut down, with no …
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Health Dept. paralyses Livingstone Hospital theatre operations
March 28th, 2023Warning: Use of undefined constant thumbnail - assumed 'thumbnail' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/hzktncfg/public_html/wp-content/themes/DABhisho2015/DATemplates/newsroom.php on line 69
Patients waiting for life-saving orthopaedic surgeries at Livingstone Hospital have now been told by their doctors to call President Cyril Ramaphosa, because their hands are tied and cannot operate because there are no implants or surgical supplies available. This is a humanitarian crisis. Patients with broken bones, lying in agony, are being told to ask the president for help because the Department entrusted with their care cannot fulfil its basic …
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Members Statement: Call for Implementation of the Beachfront Safety Sector in the Summerstrand / Humewood area of Nelson Mandela Bay
December 7th, 2021Warning: Use of undefined constant thumbnail - assumed 'thumbnail' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/hzktncfg/public_html/wp-content/themes/DABhisho2015/DATemplates/newsroom.php on line 100
The need for a Beachfront Safety Sector in the Summerstrand/Humewood area of Nelson Mandela Bay has become critical. The vandalism and destruction of the beachfront infrastructure continue unabated. I am appealing to the MEC for Community Safety to intervene. I first raised this in a portfolio committee meeting around 2017/18. The provincial commissioner at the time agreed to it. Sadly, this beachfront sector has not yet been implemented. SAPS is …
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Question papers: Fourth session 6th Legislature
February 18th, 2022Click on the appropriate link below to download the official question papers submitted to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature during the fourth session of the 6th legislature. IQP 1 Written 4th Session 6th Legislature IQP 2 Written 4th Session 6th Legislature IQP 3 Oral 4th Session 6th Legislature IQP 4 Written 4th Session 6th Legislature IQP 5 Written 4th Session 6th Legislature IQP 6 Oral (Questions to The Premier) 4th …
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Clean audits not the only marker of well-run municipality
October 20th, 2020Warning: Use of undefined constant thumbnail - assumed 'thumbnail' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/hzktncfg/public_html/wp-content/themes/DABhisho2015/DATemplates/newsroom.php on line 162
There has been a strong focus recently on the latest audit outcomes of municipalities, and what this reveals about the state of local government. In the Eastern Cape, 13 of the 39 municipalities audit reports worsened and only one received a clean audit. But is a clean audit the only measure of a municipality’s effectiveness, and does this indicate whether a municipality is succeeding in improving the quality of life …
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Clean audits not the only marker of well-run municipality
October 20th, 2020Warning: Use of undefined constant thumbnail - assumed 'thumbnail' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/hzktncfg/public_html/wp-content/themes/DABhisho2015/DATemplates/newsroom.php on line 193
There has been a strong focus recently on the latest audit outcomes of municipalities, and what this reveals about the state of local government. In the Eastern Cape, 13 of the 39 municipalities audit reports worsened and only one received a clean audit. But is a clean audit the only measure of a municipality’s effectiveness, and does this indicate whether a municipality is succeeding in improving the quality of life …
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