THE PREMIER of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Thami Ntuli, believes that the best future of the province lies in the survival of the caretaker government.
Ntuli said a lot of good things will happen in KwaZulu-Natal if the coalition government is given the chance to continue running the province.
He said this while delivering the opening speech of the KwaZulu-Natal Cabinet meeting.
The meeting was called to prepare a speech on the state of the province to be presented by Ntuli next week.
Ntuli will deliver his speech on Friday, Zwelithini’s Silo Misuzulu Sinqobile will begin and officially open the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Going to this speech, there are groups that continue to sharpen the ax for the coalition government.
The non-majority party in the province, NFP, has recently announced that it will support the second attempt to overthrow Ntuli and the coalition government.
Ntuli said that there is a lot that can be damaged if the coalition government is dissolved.
“We have seen here in KwaZulu-Natal how difficult it is when there is no stability. We saw everything that happened when there were looting riots. People lost their jobs. People were living in fear and investors were moving away from the province.”
Ntuli said that many good things will happen if the coalition government is given a chance.
“A cooperative government is the vehicle that will take us to development. If we work together, we will be able to solve the problems facing the province. We can fight poverty, create job opportunities and build infrastructure.”
Among the things that Ntuli said are priorities, is the issue of the closure of the Hullets company, the fight against tares and the construction of a fast train that will go from Durban to Johannesburg.
Ntuli said the provincial and national governments are trying to prevent the closure of Hullets.
“It’s not that it’s being closed now, but the signs point to witchcraft that could cause it to finally be closed. Now we all have to fight so that it’s not closed.”
Ntuli said that they are worried that the tile policy is not coming soon.
Ntuli said that the biggest problem is that the national government has not identified the collapse of the tiles as a disaster.
“We wanted the issue to be classified as a disaster but then the law says that it should be the national government that declares it as a disaster and we will follow because it is an issue that affects many states.”
Ntuli said they have invited officials from Prasa and Transnet to explain when the running train will start operating.
“We ended up being told that a study was being done and that there was money set aside. We want to know when we will see them running.”