Speech Notes: Health Annual Report and Financial Oversight Debate
December 6th, 2018
Madam Speaker, Hon Premier, Honourable members of the House, Officials and visitors, I greet you all. It is not easy to reflect on the slow but steady collapse of an entire provincial department, particularly when it is responsible for the health of millions of citizens. It is even worse when one has to acknowledge that a fair portion of the blame for this collapse needs to be placed at the …
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Speech Notes: DSRAC Annual Report and Financial Oversight Debate
December 6th, 2018
Honourable speaker, Honourable Deputy Speaker, The Premier, The MEC’s, members of the provincial legislature, Staff members, members of the public in the gallery, Democratic greetings to you all today. Honourable Speaker, this department is tasked with a responsibility to develop and promote cultural and creative industries, sport and recreation, inculcate a culture of reading and lifelong learning, transform and promote our heritage and promote our languages. The DA believes that …
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Speech Notes: DEDEAT Annual Report and Financial Oversight Debate
December 6th, 2018 Madam Speaker, Honourable Premier, MEC’s, Honourable Members and our esteemed guests in the public gallery. Madam Speaker, I would like to begin by acknowledging the MEC’s responsive action to my motion in this house on the 11th of October calling for more to be done to rescue our rhinos. I must thank the MEC for his leadership in uniting all interested and affected parties behind this worthy cause in a …
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Speech Notes: SCOPA Annual Report and Financial Oversight Debate
December 6th, 2018
Honourable Speaker, Honourable Premier, Honourable Members, dignitaries, visitors and Departmental officials – I humbly greet you. Honourable Speaker, as members of the provincial legislature and as employees of the government, we are meant to be here to serve the people of the Eastern Cape by assisting in providing a better life for one and all by fighting corruption, by improving service delivery, by expediting fair access to job opportunities, and …
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Speech Notes: Department of Transport Annual Report and Financial Oversight Debate
December 5th, 2018
Honourable Speaker Honourable Premier Honourable MECs Honourable members of the house Ladies and gentlemen in the public gallery I greet you all today “Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.” Margaret Chase Smith Hon Speaker, During our engagement with the Department of Transport it was evidently clear that this is a struggling …
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