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Eastern Cape Investment Conference

Publish Date : 12 Feb 2019

Eastern Cape Province holds its investment conference today, 12 February. The purpose of the conference is to provide a mobilising platform to raise levels of confidence and enthusiasm for investment in the province, reinvigoration of the economy and employment creation. The conference will allow key players in the national investment processes to popularise their proposals in the province. It will also assist in setting out in more detail the nature of the outcomes of the President’s National Investment Conference.

Economic stagnation in the Eastern Cape

Publish Date : 11 Feb 2019

New animation from ECSECC shows a decade of economic stagnation in the Eastern Cape.

ECSECC New Board Members

Publish Date : 03 Sep 2018

ECSECC warmly welcomes the following board members: • New Chairperson, MEC Xolile Nqatha, • Mr Tabile Kunene representing COSATU • New IT Specialist on Audit, Risk & ICT Committee, Mr Ben Bothma. • Mr Daluthando Xotyeni (ECNGOC)

Book launch: Urban Revolt. State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South

Publish Date : 11 May 2018

ECSECC and NALSU, Rhodes University, invite you to a book launch with Dr Trevor Ngwane on the 23 May. The book is "Urban Revolt. State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South", recently published by Wits University Press.

Appointment of ECSECC New CEO

Publish Date : 26 Mar 2018

The Board of Directors has appointed Mr Luvuyo Mosana as the CEO of ECSECC with effect 1 April 2018. Mr Mosana is an experienced development planner and executive manager who has contributed to the progress of a wide range of public sector and civil society institutions. His experience will greatly contribute to the vision and mission of the organisation and ensure that ECSECC delivers on its mandate.

700 jobs go up in illegal smoke

Publish Date : 15 Nov 2017

The Eastern Cape is one of the country’s top producers of illegal cigarettes – a trade that has contributed to a tax revenue loss of more than R14-billion, and more than 700 jobs lost nationally in the past year. This was revealed at a symposium on illicit tobacco trade in East London on the 15 November 2017.

Poverty Trends in South Africa 2006-2015: Highlights for the Eastern Cape

Publish Date : 25 Aug 2017

On the 22 August 2017 StatSA released the report "Poverty Trends in South Africa: An examination of absolute poverty between 2006 & 2015". The report reveals that Limpopo and Eastern Cape have consistently been the two provinces with the highest levels of poverty between 2006 and 2015, while Mpumalanga has been the only province to witness a reduction in the incidence of household poverty across the four data points. ECSECC has generated a summary of the key findings for the Eastern Cape.

Highlights of the Eastern Cape Economy First Quarter 2017

Publish Date : 15 Jun 2017

South Africa is in recession. However, none of the nine provinces are in recession. During the first quarter of 2017, South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.7% and the number of people unemployed increased by 433 000. The South African economy moved into recession with the reported decrease of 0.7% in GDP during the first quarter of 2017, following a 0.3% contraction in the fourth quarter of 2016. According to Statistics South Africa, a sharp contraction in both secondary and tertiary sectors tipped South African economy into negative territory in the first quarter of 2017. Trade and manufacturing sectors were the major heavyweights that stifled production, with trade falling by 5.9% and manufacturing by 3.7%.

Unemployment increases marginally in the 4th quarter of 2016

Publish Date : 15 Feb 2017

The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter of 2016 released by Statistics South Africa indicated that the number of people employed in the Eastern Cape grew by 5 000 jobs Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ). The number of job seekers grew by 9 000 QoQ resulting in a slight increase in the unemployment rate by 0.2 of a percentage point to 28.4% in 2016Q4 from 28.2% in 2016Q3.

Leveraging ICT in agriculture to develop rural communities

Publish Date : 12 Apr 2016

On February 18 2016 ECSECC co-hosted the ‘ICT and Agriculture: Realising the Development Dividend’ mini conference with the NEMISA ICT for Rural Development e-Skills CoLab. The mini-conference was addressed by Prof Khaya Mfenyana, Interim Vice-Chancellor at WSU, MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, Hon Mr Mlibo Qoboshiyane and Ms Vuyo Mahlati, among many others.

Eastern Cape GDP expands by 1% in the 4th quarter of 2015

Publish Date : 12 Apr 2016

ECSECCs Quarterly Review of GDP shows that Eastern Cape GDP expanded at a rate of 1.0% Quarter on Quarter (QoQ) in 4Q2015. This is down from 1.8% in the preceding quarter. The largest contributions to the increase of Eastern Cape GDP were the trade sector, the government sector and the finance sector.

The bells toll for you

Publish Date : 15 Nov 2015

ECSECC's Daryl Braam writes in the Mail & Guardian that "the heirs of 1976 are protesting as much about being human as economic and political inclusion"

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