EFF leader Julius Malema’s five-year prison sentence for a 2018 incident at an EFF rally in Mdantsane has been described by legal experts as excessive, with some warning that it could be increased to as much as 10 years if a higher court finds the magistrate was “too lenient.”
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MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure, Dibolelo Mance. Picture: Supplied
By: JN Reporter
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure under the leadership of MEC Dibolelo Mance, hosted its first-ever Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) awareness and information session with political leaders from the Xhariep District’s local municipalities. The session brought together Executive Mayors, Municipal Managers, and EPWP Coordinators to discuss the programme’s goals and performance. During the session, Manche emphasised the importance of building open and inclusive relationships between political principals and government departments. The main aim of this session was to strengthen working relations between all three stakeholders by improving how EPWP projects are managed, how they are reported, and essentially how the Xhariep economy can be empowered. The session comes in the wake of an assessment made by Mance’s office that there was a need to talk about the objectives and importance of EPWP. During the session, Manche spoke about the opportunities that can be created through programmes such as EPWP. “We need to champion an open and inclusive way of working because it will help us as a collective. The session was followed by a cleaning campaign that took place at the Alfred Nzula District Hospital.
