Issued by: Bobby Stevenson (MPL)

DA Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature Leader and spokesman for Safety and Liaison

18 May 2012

Alcohol misuse is a major trigger of crime in this province. The DA is calling for a major clampdown on all illegal liquor establishments and of the misuse of alcohol.

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Issued by: Bobby Stevenson (MPL)

Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature Leader and Shadow MEC for Finance

9 May 2012

Employment in the Eastern Cape has dropped by 46 000 according to statistics released by Statistics SA yesterday.

The fact that employment in the Eastern Cape has dropped by 46 000 according to statistics released by Statistics SA yesterday, (subs: Tuesday, 8 May 2012) when one compares the first quarter of January-March 2011 to the period January-March 2012, is devastating news for the Eastern Cape.

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Issued by: Bobby Stevenson (MPL)
Leader in the Legislature and Shadow MEC for Finance

Non-payment by provincial departments to municipalities has an adverse effect on service delivery. See my statement below:

Hundreds of teachers and now doctors are suffering the adverse consequence of non-payment by provincial departments. This callous approach causes immense stress on the individuals and their families as a result of the financial hardship that they are suffering. The Democratic Alliance is continually raising this matter in the various portfolio committees in the provincial legislature. We are determined to ensure that justice is done.

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Issued by: Bobby Stevenson (MPL)
DA Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature Leader
27 April 2012

The following is an extract from a Freedom Day speech, delivered by Bobby Stevenson at the West End Community Hall, Port Elizabeth, Friday, 27 April 2012, at 11:00

Life is better in South Africa since we obtained freedom in 1994. For this we celebrate and rejoice. We must at all times never take this freedom for granted and must be vigilant in protecting our rights under the Constitution.

It is one thing to enjoy the freedom that we have under our Constitution. It is another thing to advance the right to real freedom that every South African should enjoy.

The right to real freedom in this country is limited by high unemployment, poor health care and particularly in the Eastern Cape by a rotten education system.

Education is the foundation of real opportunity: the opportunity to get ahead in life and realise your dreams. Until we have a decent education system in this province, learners’ opportunity to experience the freedom of choice to get decent jobs will be severely restricted. There can be no real freedom without breaking the shackles of a poor education system.

There is a new struggle for freedom to be fought in this country and that is for jobs, decent health care and education. We must continue to advance the frontiers of true freedom if all South Africans are to experience total liberation from the miseries of the past.

For further information, please contact Bobby Stevenson, MPL on 082-775-3444

Leadership that Works

E-mail: bstevenson@ecleg.gov.za Tel: 040 608 0099 / Fax: 040 639 2424

The Unhlobo Wenene 10km race that ward 39 manned on Saturday, 31 March 2012 at the Summerbreeze Centre in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth.

The DA NMBM Ward 39 Councillor, Margaret de Andrade was approached by Mr Bennie Thysse, a resident in Rowallan Park and the Chairperson of the St Albans Athletic Club to man a water point.

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