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Eastern Cape Premier says plans are afoot to create job opportunities

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Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane says his administration is working tirelessly to address poverty, unemployment and inequality in the Province.

Delivering his third State Of the Province Address, Mabuyane says plans are afoot to attract more investors to the province to create job opportunities.

The Eastern Cape has the highest unemployment rate of 47%.

He says his administration is also investing in improving road infrastructure as part of growing the economy.

“In our plan we said, to address these three challenges, we must: Build a capable, ethical, and developmental state, transform the economy and create jobs, invest in education, skills and health, consolidate the social wage through reliable and quality basic services, Integrate spatial planning, rural economy, and local government, build social cohesion and safe communities and lastly ,build a better Africa and the World,” says Mabuyane.

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