Athol Trollip was sworn in as a Member of the Provincial Legislature by the Speaker, Fikile Xasa, this morning - Wednesday, 5 June 2013. A vacancy arose in the Legislature after the passing of Pine Pienaar earlier this year. Mr. Trollip elected to return to the province from the National Parliament, where he served as DA-MP. Athol Trollip, who is the Eastern Cape Provincial Leader of the DA, will serve as Leader in the Legislature, while Bobby Stevenson will serve as DA-Chief Whip in the … [Read more...] about Athol Trollip sworn in as MPL
athol trollip
Filling of legislature vacancy
The DA in the Eastern Cape was rocked by the loss of one of its senior public representatives in the legislature, when Pine Pienaar (MPL) succumbed to cancer earlier last month. The vacancy that has arisen as a result of Pine Pienaar's passing will be filled by Eastern Cape, DA Provincial Leader, Athol Trollip who will return from parliament to the provincial legislature. Athol Trollip has elected to return to the province till the end of this term of office, in order to lead the … [Read more...] about Filling of legislature vacancy
Government Urged to Focus on Flood Mopup
DA Provincial leader Athol Trollip MP read a parliamentary member's statement in parliament in the National Assembly yesterday on the havoc caused by the heavy rains in the Eastern Cape: Mr Speaker, The Democratic Alliance notes with deep regret the devastation caused in the Eastern Cape by torrential rain and flooding. The area worst affected is the coastal strip between the Tsitsikamma and the Keiskamma river. The tragic loss of at least eight lives is especially tragic and the DA … [Read more...] about Government Urged to Focus on Flood Mopup
Making the Eastern Cape ‘Work’
The Eastern cape remains a reservoir of cheap labour for other provinces that offer job opportunities. The fact that most of the miners killed in the Marikana tragedy were from the Eastern Cape is testimony to this lamentable situation. The two former homelands in the Eastern Cape (Ciskei and Transkei) continue to have a majority of female headed households that go under the heavy burden of poverty, dependence on remittances sent home by migrant workers and the largess of the State through … [Read more...] about Making the Eastern Cape ‘Work’
Farm murders must be put to an end
Another farmer was shot dead over the weekend on his farm in the Eastern Cape. Owen Charles has served his Jansenville community in myriad ways as a liberal activist over the last two decades. His wife Jenny is in hospital in critical condition with multiple stab wounds. We wish to convey our deepest empathy and condolences to the Charles Family. This senseless loss of life is a tragedy not only in itself, but also for the knock-on effects that such a murder has on rural communities across … [Read more...] about Farm murders must be put to an end
