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President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared the Northern Cape a province \u201con the move,\u201d following a Presidential engagement between national and provincial leaders in Kimberley on Friday.<\/p>\n
The President spoke to the media following the engagement which was held at the province\u2019s Sol Plaatje University.<\/p>\n
The President was accompanied by various Ministers, Deputy Ministers and senior government officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were very impressed with the presentation that they gave us and the vision that they have for the Northern Cape, [and] various projects, which they are hoping would turn around the economy of the province — from Boetgooebaai which is the port, water projects, roads and a whole number of projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the province that\u2019s on the move. And\u2026 as you know, when it comes to renewable energy, it is the one province that has attracted more investment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
President Ramaphosa said the province is seen as a future leader of industrialisation and manufacturing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking at setting up an SEZ and making sure that manufacturing does come here which will be underpinned by the natural resources that the province has.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe [irradiation] in this province are second to none in the world and that is why we\u2019ve been able to attract so many investments to come to this province,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Presidency explained the key issues discussed at the engagement with the Northern Cape\u2019s executive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe meeting discussed the ongoing roll out of catalytic economic development projects that require the deepening of cooperation between the national and provincial governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese include the Boegoebaai Harbor and SEZ development, revitalisation and expansion of Vaalharts, Namakwa SEZ and the development of the infrastructure masterplan. The meeting further affirmed closer cooperation on issues of climate change mitigation considering the province\u2019s vulnerability to erratic weather conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe national executive pledged to continue working closely with the province in areas of Transport and Logistics, Basic Education, Water and Sanitation infrastructure development, Human Settlements, Tourism and Energy and Electricity,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
The engagement with the Northern Cape\u2019s provincial government is the sixth such following meetings with executive councils of Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n
According to the Presidency, the sessions have resulted in \u201cstrengthening cooperative governance, breaking down silos and cooperative project planning that leads to collaborative execution\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs President Ramaphosa said during the Budget Debate last week, when the three spheres of government work together, the lives of the people of South Africa are improved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President emphasised the importance of structured engagements between the national and provincial executives that assist government coordinate more efficiently, resolve challenges together and to plan smarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe meetings are also meant to facilitate innovative ideas and proposals to address service delivery and skills challenges,\u201d the statement read. \u2013\u00a0SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kimberley President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared the Northern Cape a province \u201con the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1455,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions\/1455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}