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2 years, 273 days African National Congress: 2 Makhenkesi Stofile (1944–2016) 4 February 1997: 26 April 2004: 7 years, 82 days 3 Nosimo Balindlela (born 1949) 26 April 2004: 25 July 2008: 4 years, 90 days 4 Mbulelo Sogoni (born 1966) 25 July 2008: 6 May 2009: 285 days 5 Noxolo Kiviet (born 1963) 6 May 2009: 21 May 2014: 5 years, 15 days 6
The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature elects the Premier of the Eastern Cape and can force the Premier to resign by passing a motion of no confidence.Even though the Executive Council of the province is appointed by the Premier, the legislature can pass a motion of no confidence forcing the Premier to reconfigure the Council.
Eastern Cape currently elects 25 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. [3] [4] Constituency seats are allocated using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota. [5] [6]
The Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa has jurisdiction over all cases arising in the province, but generally handles only the most serious or high-profile criminal trials, high-value civil trials, cases involving judicial review of legislation or executive actions, and appeals from the magistrates' courts.
The Executive Council of the Eastern Cape is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Eastern Cape.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Eastern Cape, an office held since the 2019 general election by Oscar Mabuyane of the ...
Like the other eight provinces in South Africa, Eastern Cape is governed by a parliamentary system, with the premier of the province selected from the leadership of the largest party or coalition in the provincial legislature.
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HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis are also ongoing issues in the region. In 2017, the Eastern Cape had a TB incidence of 839/100,000 people, which was higher than South Africa's estimated prevalence of 737/100,000. [28] Additionally, the Eastern Cape has a high overall HIV prevalence rate (25.2%) as of 2017. [29]