Tuesday, July 29, 2008

People's premier out among the people?

There was no sign of outgoing Eastern Cape Premier Nosimo Balindlela today when the Bhisho Legislature started a weeklong sitting even though a report on the Office of the Premier on a fact-finding mission to the Ugie/Maclear timber project was debated.

Her replacement Mbulelo Sogoni was present as were several MEC’s (Heath MEC Nomsa Jajula was the lone exception) who will be replaced on Friday.

Handed out were copies of the voluminous Pillay Commission that includes some eight annexures. Interestingly, as was noted by many members of the Legislature many if not all the recommendations contained in annexure eight had been made year after year in reports compiled by the legislature’s committees.

One imagines the ad hoc committee considering the report will comment on that when it submits its report.

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