The massive under expenditure on conditional grants and capital which is largely for infrastructural spending flies in the face of government's attempts to create jobs. It is common cause that infrastructural spending results in job creation. Government is its own worst enemy when it comes to job creation. People are crying for houses. People are crying for decent schools. Yet the Eastern Cape continues to under spend capital expenditure and conditional grants. According to the six monthly … [Read more...] about Government is its own worst enemy when it comes to job creation
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Additional R520 million for Eastern Cape Education Welcomed
The DA welcomes the additional allocation as well as the prioritisation to the Eastern Cape of R520 million out of R700 million for educational infrastructure in the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill tabled last week in the National Assembly. However, with effectively four working months left to the end of the financial year, the department will have to step up a gear and burn the midnight oil if it is going to successfully spend this money. Its track record has been dismal to date. Last … [Read more...] about Additional R520 million for Eastern Cape Education Welcomed
Port Elizabeth’s State of the Art Alcohol Testing Centre IDLE
The Democratic Alliance has submitted a series of questions in the provincial legislature to determine why the state of the art Alcohol Evidence Centre in Port Elizabeth is not operational despite the huge need to combat drunken driving on our roads. Effective law enforcement and successful prosecution is the best way to combat drunken driving yet our province has failed to ensure the centre remains operational. The Alcohol Evidence Centre, housed in the provincial traffic control centre … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth’s State of the Art Alcohol Testing Centre IDLE
Murder Statistic Shocker for Eastern Cape
The fact that the Eastern Cape has the highest murder ratio in the country at 47,3 murders per 100 000 of the population is a huge shock. Gauteng by comparison has a murder ratio of 29,1. This figure is truly devastating. Although the number of reported cases shows a slight decline in contact crimes, violent crime in the Eastern Cape is still at an unacceptably high level. Sexual crimes have risen slightly by 2,2 % and have now reached the all time high of 9 380 but one must remember that it … [Read more...] about Murder Statistic Shocker for Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape Public Servants Barred From Trading With Government
The Democratic Alliance welcomes the statement of the Premier of the Eastern Cape, Noxolo Kiviet, at the 25 August 2011 midyear provincial Legotla that the province will no longer allow Eastern Cape public servants to trade with the government. The DA over a long period of time has been promoting this policy shift in terms of our agenda of accountability. Last year in November I tabled private members' legislation, the Eastern Cape Business Interests of Employees Procurement Bill to this … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape Public Servants Barred From Trading With Government
Don’t Repeat Eastern Cape Spending Patterns
No, no, no! Last year's Eastern Cape expenditure patterns cannot be repeated. The danger lights are flashing once more. The first quarter provincial budgets and expenditure report released by National Treasury on 16 August is a siren call to the provincial government. (See: Eastern Cape Just Short of First Quarter Budget) Unless drastic action is taken to turn the situation around the Eastern Cape will once again remain locked into poor patterns of capital expenditure, particularly so in the … [Read more...] about Don’t Repeat Eastern Cape Spending Patterns
The Kabuso Report: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Update, 27 October: See the Kabuso Report here: Kabuso Report – Full Marks to The Herald The Kabuso Report into alleged corruption in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro was discussed in the Eastern Cape Legislature yesterday during question time. Bobby Stevenson asked the MEC for Local Government, Mlibo Qoboshiyane a four part question: What is the reason for the delay in releasing the Kabuso Report Why is the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality not co-operating with this … [Read more...] about The Kabuso Report: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Proposed Illegal Shebeen Clampdown Welcomed
Every day 130 South Africans die because of alcohol. South Africa holds the global record for the highest number of people subjected to alcohol-related harm. We need to ensure that the Eastern Cape Department of Safely and Liaison involves the whole of society to clamp down on the misuse of alcohol. This will involve the churches, the liquor board, the SAPS and other organs of civil society and a close working relationship with municipalities. I therefore welcome the fact that one of the … [Read more...] about Proposed Illegal Shebeen Clampdown Welcomed
Eastern Cape Fares Worst on Capital Expenditure
There is only one way to fix the poor expenditure patterns in the Eastern Cape and that is for MEC's to sign performance agreements with the Premier. Cabinet ministers are required to do this with the president and ANC mayors are now also required to sign such agreements. Why are MEC's being left out? The simple way to improve service delivery is to enforce political accountability – deliver or go. It's time for the ANC to make some hard choices. Once again the Eastern Cape has the lowest … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape Fares Worst on Capital Expenditure
