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South African Communist Party, Eastern Cape Province, 30 June 2014 Statement on the State of the Province Address The SACP in the Eastern Cape welcomed the refreshing State of the Province Address (SOPA) delivered by Premier Phumulo Masualle in his maiden address post the general elections. The speech responded to the concerns and aspirations of our people, which they have clearly communicated during the election campaign. The SACP welcomed the commitment made by the Premier to deal with the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality through amongst other interventions the re-industrialization of our province, building its manufacturing capacity, infrastructure development and the allocation of 50% in the procurement processes to co-operatives and small businesses. Health We appreciate the allocation of R1.7 billion during the 2014 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to infrastructure roll out of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in the OR Tambo district and other regions. We are of the view that this will set the basis for an improved public healthcare system that our province needs. The commitment by the premier to provide 167 new ambulances and three helicopters during this financial year will help in meeting the challenges faced by the people of the Eastern Cape. The SACP welcomed the commitment to strengthen monitoring of the six core standards in all the provincial healthcare facilities. It is important to have healthcare facilities with reduced waiting times, available drugs, infection control and prevention, improved staff attitudes and better security as basis for effective service to our people. We are calling for the centralisation of the emergency services; the ambulance services must be taken to district hospitals to fasten the response time. Other matters The commitment by the Premier to provide support to municipalities in the province for accelerated service delivery is much appreciated. It is important for this fifth administration to resolve the challenges at the local government level of the state. We fully support the commitment to be more decisive in our fight against corruption. The unambiguous call by the premier for all public office bearers and government officials facing serious fraud and corruption charges to be relieved of their duties until finalization of the investigations serves as a basis for clean governance to respond to the needs and aspirations of the people without any undue delay. This SOPA is consistent with the ANC election manifesto as it has prioritised the seven strategic areas over the next five years, which are: - transforming the economy to create jobs and decent work, - rural development and food security, - quality education, - better healthcare for all, - fighting crime and corruption, - integrated human and good settlements and building cohesive communities, - strengthening developmental state and good governance. We commit ourselves to work with premier Masualle and all progressive organs to ensure the realisation of what is envisaged in the State of Province Address. Issued by the SACP Eastern Cape Contact: Siyabonga Mdodi SACP Provincial Spokesperson Cell: 083 358 8070 Tel: 040 635 0463 Fax: 086 268 1281 Email: [email protected] -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
