Gauteng premier Makhura to give first report back since ANC’s poll setbacks
Gauteng Premier David Makhura will give his third annual political report to the provincial legislature on Tuesday. The power dynamics in Gauteng have shifted, with the DA governing the country’s economic capital Johannesburg and two of the province’s three metros in Tshwane, considered to be SA’s administrative capital. Increasing instability in the ANC has also left the ANC in the province and Makhura on the outside. They are seeking to regain votes lost to opposition parties while pursuing long-term development plans, which would need to be sold to the DA-led metros. The cornerstone of Makhura’s political report last year was the ambitious transformation, modernisation and revitalisation (TMR) programme, which sought a socioeconomic restructuring of the province . The key strategies in the TMR included revitalising the township economy, accelerating social transformation, developing the youth, a focus on e-governance and ICT and an international relations strategy. The township e...
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