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EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE
A group of young singers and actors from Walmer Township will perform the musical, Themba’s Dream, at a youth drama festival at the PE Opera House on September 9. The production is aimed at encouraging children to keep praying and working hard until their dreams come true. Read the full story on page 16. PHOTO:LUVUYO NGIXI
State funding woes for NPOs THANDI SETOKOE
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HE Eastern Cape Democratic Alliance (DA) has committed to fighting for the fair funding of the province’s non profit organisations (NPOs) in order to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society receive help.
This comes after a motion tabled by the DA’s Eastern Cape shadow MEC for Social Development, Kobus Botha, in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in Bhisho, was halted in its tracks by the ANC as the majority party recently. Botha expressed concern that the NPOs rendering various critical and specialised
services, such as social welfare services to children on behalf of the Department of Social Development, would have to wait much longer for their much-needed funds. “The Christelike Maatskaplike Raad (CMR) in Port Elizabeth is still owed R1.9 million since the beginning of the financial year 2017/2018.
“Organisations such as CMR, Child Welfare and many others render services to children in need of care, abused women, the vulnerable and the elderly,” Botha explained. He said the impact of not being able to render these services could see children, women and the elderly being left on the streets in dangerous situations. Continued on page 2
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