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Eastern Cape finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko.

Eastern Cape taps reserves to manage R2.7bn budget gap

The Eastern Cape government will draw R2.7bn from its reserves over the next three years to help manage growing spending pressures. This will also help protect frontline services.

John Steenhuisen. Photo: SANDILE NDLOVU
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Outgoing DA leader hopes to stay in government

Outgoing DA leader John Steenhuisen has accepted that his political future now rests with the party’s next leader — but he is not planning a quiet exit and hopes to remain on as minister of agriculture.

Cape Town. Helen Zille, Federal Council Chairperson of the DA, with ANC leaders that joined the DA.

DA targets ‘battleground’ Eastern Cape municipalities

After a bruising period of leadership turmoil and declining electoral support, the party is plotting a comeback by targeting four Eastern Cape municipalities in the upcoming local government elections, buoyed by what it says is its…

SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila has played down any notions of tensions with the ANC

SACP adopts aggressive approach to local government elections

The SACP’s regional task team has set its sights on all wards in Nelson Mandela Bay ahead of the upcoming local elections, taking on the mammoth task of rebuilding party structures following the disbandment of the regional committee last…

Eastern cape health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth has condemned the strike action of some healthcare workers

Eastern Cape health MEC calls for calm as healthcare workers continue to strike

Several healthcare facilities have been closed in Nelson Mandela Bay as medical personnel down tools, leaving patients stranded.

Finance and economic development MEC Mlungisi Mvoko

Health and education take biggest slice of Eastern Cape budget

The Eastern Cape’s health and education departments will receive the lion’s share of the provincial government’s R87.8bn 2022/2023 budget.