Speech by the MEC For Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Mr. Sikhumbuzo Eric Kholwane (MPL) during the occasion of the introduction and tabling of the Provincial Adjustments Budget for the 2018/19 financial year at the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, City Of Mbombela, 20 November 2018
Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker;
Premier Honourable Refilwe Mtshweni;
Colleagues in the Executive Council;
Honourable Members of the Provincial Legislature;
Members of Mayoral Committees from all our municipalities;
Chairperson of the House of Traditional Leaders Inkosi Ngomane, and other esteemed members present;
Acting Director-General, Mr. Kgopana Mohlasedi;
Acting Head Official of the Provincial Treasury and other Heads of Departments;
Chairpersons of Boards and Chief Executive Officers of our Public Entities;
Business Executive of the Office of Auditor-General in Mpumalanga;
Chairpersons of Audit Committees and Risk Committees;
Representatives of Labour, Business, Civil Society and the Media;
Ladies and gentlemen;
Fellow Citizens of Mpumalanga, the Centenary celebrations of our remarkable struggle icons - the first democratic President, Nelson Mandela and one of the great daughters of our Mother land, maSisulu - must unite the nation around the ideals and values they stood and fought for, and for which they were prepared to die.
Ours is to build on the foundations they laid to move South Africa forward.
Honourable Speaker, the 2018/19 Provincial Adjustments Budget seeks to re-affirm the overwhelming and consistent electoral mandate since 1994, reminding us that “no Political democracy can survive and flourish if the masses of our people remain in poverty, without land and without tangible prospects of a better life for all.”
Lest we forget the year 2018 also marks the 20th anniversaries of the adoption of the 16 Day of Activism campaign by the South African Government.
In the government calendar year, November is known as the Disability Month inclusive of the 16 days for No Violence against Women and Children under the theme “Hear me too!!
End Violence against Women and Children”. Read more [PDF]
