Gauteng Premier David Makhura delivered a hard-hitting State of The Province (SOPA) address at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus Monday.
Referring to Gauteng as the ‘Paradox Province,’ he said it’s unacceptable for wealth and opulence to reside next to poverty and hunger, and gave his MECs 100 days to develop blueprints charting a way out of the quagmire.
Makhura put his cabinet on further notice: MECs will only spend one day at the office, otherwise they’ll be on the ground in communities sorting out problems.”
“As the Premier, I have spent more time on the ground interacting with communities and frontline service delivery points. We will sharpen this activist approach to governance.”
He said Team Gauteng must be “everywhere, everyday, every hour, and that he will make MEC and HOD performance contracts public.
“If you want to meet me. Don’t meet me in the office. Meet me in the
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