Eastern Cape Residents Hope Premiers Sopa Will Address Challenges

Eastern Cape communities are pinning their hopes on Premier Oscar Mabuyane to come up with tangible and practical solutions to address socio-economic challenges plaguing the province.

Mabuyane will be delivering his State of the Province Address SOPA for the seventh administration on Friday.

Poverty, crime and a high unemployment rate continue to hamper the economic development in the province.

Lulama Ntlanganiso is amongst the 47 of people who are unemployed in the province.

She decided to start her informal business after years of struggling to find a decent job. She has been in this sector for over 30 years.