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OPTIMISTIC: Eastern Cape premier Oscar MabuyanePicture: RANDELL ROSKRUGE
AFRICA DAY

Decisions of the executive council meeting of the Eastern Cape provincial government held on April 28

COVID-19 UPDATE: The Executive Council welcomed the progress report on COVID-19 which shows that there are currently 207 active COVID-19 cases in the province. The overall provincial recovery rate was 94% and all districts reported a…

  • Rob Knowles
2020 CANNABIS BILL FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES

MEC Meth hosts stakeholder consultations on the ‘2020 Cannabis Bill for private purposes in Lusikisiki, Mthatha and Port Elizabeth

The Eastern Cape has a long history of (illicit) Cannabis cultivation with established knowledgeable farmers and land race genetics that are naturalized, drought tolerant and well placed to form the backbone of a new industrial and…

  • Rob Knowles
Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko. File pictureImage: Eugene Coetzee
BHISHO

Bhisho departments underspend by R60bn

Provincial government departments have only been able to spend about 30% of their overall annual budget for the current financial year. The figure was revealed during an Eastern Cape provincial government executive council meeting held…

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