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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Broken infrastructure is one of the largest contributors to our broken economy in the Eastern Cape. It is the people that suffer when schools are not completed on time and it is the patients that suffer when hospitals are not completed on time by the DRPW as an implementing agent. The DRPW is too flexible when it comes to revising contract completion dates and this is indicative of poor planning …
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Speech notes by Jane Cowley MPL: Debate on the State of the Province Address, 28 February 2018
February 28th, 2018Madam Speaker, Honourable Premier, Honourable members of the House, officials and visitors I greet you all. Madam Speaker, we live in dynamic times, and dynamic times require of us to think on our feet, to extend our thinking about problems and solutions for our planet, our continent, our country and our province, in order to bring about quality education, quality jobs and quality living conditions for all South Africans. So …
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Speech notes by Sanele Magaqa MPL: Debate on the State of the Province Address: 28 February 2018
February 28th, 2018Honourable Speaker, six years ago the South African government adopted a blueprint for development, the NDP. The strategic goals as informed by the plan in Chapter 8, deals with integrated human settlement strategies, goals and time frames in forging a way forward to improve the lives of our people in this province. The pace and manner in which we commit ourselves to the realisation of Chapter 8 of the NDP …
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