ActionSA expresses deep reservations and advises provincial residents to reject the Premier Mabuyane’s fraudulent SoPA.
We were unsurprisingly sceptical about the outgoing Premier’s Address, and it didn’t disappoint as it raised substantial concerns about the state of the province, bringing attention to a myriad of issues that paint a grim picture of governance and lack progress.
Education Infrastructure:
Outgoing Premier Mabuyane’s claims of building schools falls flat, as evidenced by incomplete structures like Nkwezana Primary School. The Department of Education’s inability to address issues such as the Lwandisa school roof which has been blown off thrice in the past five years exposes the stark contrast between official statements and on the ground reality, undermining the Premier’s touted educational progress.
Lwandisa Primary School in Mdantsane (Buffalo City Metro) is grappling with severe challenges. Despite reporting damages and departmental assessments, the education department has failed to provide effective solutions. The conditions at Lwandisa Primary School raise significant concerns about the government’s commitment to ensuring a conducive learning environment for students. What makes this situation all the more appalling is that this school is the feeder school to Lwazi High school in Mdantsane that the Premier lauded for their 100% pass rate.
An ActionSA government will champion expanding the budget for water and improved sanitation at schools, transforming and building quality educational infrastructure. We will also ensure teachers are well-paid, deserving of their efforts.
Health Infrastructure:
The Outgoing Premier Mabuyane put major emphasis on new health facilities while neglecting crucial upgrades and renovations, that are needed across the provinces clinics and hospitals is misleading and deliberately oversells his so-called “progress”. The Public Protector’s Report (REPORT NUMBER: 25 OF 2023/24), highlighted a substantial backlog in infrastructure development, repair of structural defects, and the upgrading of existing facilities as a critical issue in the Eastern Cape.
An ActionSA government will transform our public healthcare institutions, ensuring that national and provincial Departments of Health, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities are led by qualified professionals and equipped with the necessary resources to deliver quality services to patients.
Child Malnutrition and Food Security:
ActionSA remains deeply concerned about children dying of malnutrition and sceptical about the impact of the proposed R60 million investments to address child malnutrition and food security. We stress the urgency of sustainable solutions, particularly through the promotion of local food production, while highlighting concerns surrounding the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) and unproductive rural communal land.
Unemployment and Economic Challenges:
The Premier’s silence on critical economic challenges, including youth unemployment and the impact of dysfunctional infrastructure and the unreliable provision of energy and water on industries like motor manufacturing, was deafening. The region’s struggle with unreliable energy, water shortages, and crumbling infrastructure poses a serious threat to economic stability, potentially driving away new investment and possibly driving existing companies away.
The lack of clarity on projects like the Smart City, Wild Coast IDZ, and investments in various industrial areas raises substantial doubts and is nothing but a pipe dream—a desperate attempt and dangling a carrot in the face of our people.
ActionSA calls upon the residents of the Eastern Cape to reject the ANC government in the upcoming elections. Mabuyane’s government has no realistic plan to address these critical issues that hold out province back and entrap our people in the grinding poverty that they find themselves in. The people of the Eastern Cape deserve a government that delivers on its commitments, not one that offers empty assurances.
We believe that only action can fix South Africa.
EC SoPA: Outgoing Premier Mabuyane’s Fantasy, Far from Eastern Cape Reality
ActionSA expresses deep reservations and advises provincial residents to reject the Premier Mabuyane’s fraudulent SoPA.
We were unsurprisingly sceptical about the outgoing Premier’s Address, and it didn’t disappoint as it raised substantial concerns about the state of the province, bringing attention to a myriad of issues that paint a grim picture of governance and lack progress.
Education Infrastructure:
Outgoing Premier Mabuyane’s claims of building schools falls flat, as evidenced by incomplete structures like Nkwezana Primary School. The Department of Education’s inability to address issues such as the Lwandisa school roof which has been blown off thrice in the past five years exposes the stark contrast between official statements and on the ground reality, undermining the Premier’s touted educational progress.
Lwandisa Primary School in Mdantsane (Buffalo City Metro) is grappling with severe challenges. Despite reporting damages and departmental assessments, the education department has failed to provide effective solutions. The conditions at Lwandisa Primary School raise significant concerns about the government’s commitment to ensuring a conducive learning environment for students. What makes this situation all the more appalling is that this school is the feeder school to Lwazi High school in Mdantsane that the Premier lauded for their 100% pass rate.
An ActionSA government will champion expanding the budget for water and improved sanitation at schools, transforming and building quality educational infrastructure. We will also ensure teachers are well-paid, deserving of their efforts.
Health Infrastructure:
The Outgoing Premier Mabuyane put major emphasis on new health facilities while neglecting crucial upgrades and renovations, that are needed across the provinces clinics and hospitals is misleading and deliberately oversells his so-called “progress”. The Public Protector’s Report (REPORT NUMBER: 25 OF 2023/24), highlighted a substantial backlog in infrastructure development, repair of structural defects, and the upgrading of existing facilities as a critical issue in the Eastern Cape.
An ActionSA government will transform our public healthcare institutions, ensuring that national and provincial Departments of Health, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities are led by qualified professionals and equipped with the necessary resources to deliver quality services to patients.
Child Malnutrition and Food Security:
ActionSA remains deeply concerned about children dying of malnutrition and sceptical about the impact of the proposed R60 million investments to address child malnutrition and food security. We stress the urgency of sustainable solutions, particularly through the promotion of local food production, while highlighting concerns surrounding the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) and unproductive rural communal land.
Unemployment and Economic Challenges:
The Premier’s silence on critical economic challenges, including youth unemployment and the impact of dysfunctional infrastructure and the unreliable provision of energy and water on industries like motor manufacturing, was deafening. The region’s struggle with unreliable energy, water shortages, and crumbling infrastructure poses a serious threat to economic stability, potentially driving away new investment and possibly driving existing companies away.
The lack of clarity on projects like the Smart City, Wild Coast IDZ, and investments in various industrial areas raises substantial doubts and is nothing but a pipe dream—a desperate attempt and dangling a carrot in the face of our people.
ActionSA calls upon the residents of the Eastern Cape to reject the ANC government in the upcoming elections. Mabuyane’s government has no realistic plan to address these critical issues that hold out province back and entrap our people in the grinding poverty that they find themselves in. The people of the Eastern Cape deserve a government that delivers on its commitments, not one that offers empty assurances.
We believe that only action can fix South Africa.