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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 ...
Selby Mfanelo Mbenenge (born 18 March 1961) is the Judge President of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa.He joined the bench as a puisne judge in July 2015 and was elevated to the judge presidency in November 2017.
Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane was born on 24 February 1974 in Ngcobo in the former Cape Province. [1] His family is from the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe. [2] He attended Zilimbola Junior Secondary School in the Cape, [3] but as a teenager he left his family home to live with his father in Carletonville in the Transvaal so that he could earn money in nearby Johannesburg. [4]
This is a list of members of the sixth Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election. [1] Pursuant to the 2019 election, the African National Congress (ANC) retained its comfortable majority in the legislature, winning 44 of 63 seats.
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]
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.
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.