Eastern Cape

Premier Oscar Mabuyane wants to retain its citizens

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the province will target investors who are uncertain in other provinces and lure them to open their businesses in the Eastern Cape.

Speaking during a breakfast after his state of the province address, Mabuyane said his government would do its best to ensure Eastern Cape retained its citizens.

The province will, therefore, embark on an investor-lobbying programme as part of bringing job opportunities to the people of the province.

“I know that there are lots of investors who are uncertain about their future in other provinces, to them we are saying, come this side. We are going to set up a formidable team to go and get us those uncertain investors from other provinces,” he said.

“By doing so we know we’re putting the interests of the Eastern Cape citizens first,” said Mabuyane.

He said the province lost a substantial amount of fiscal equity share from the national treasury as a result of the outward migration of its citizens to other provinces.

Mabuyane said despite economic challenges brought about by Covid-19, the Eastern Cape received billions of investments from the automotive sector and the manufacturing of Johnson and Johnson vaccine at