Interventions in provinces to continue

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Zuma said the interventions were working especially well in the Eastern Cape where last year government instituted a Section 100 (1) (b) intervention in that province, in an effort to assist the Department of Education to improve the delivery of education.

Other provinces on the receiving end of government interventions include Gauteng to improve health service delivery, the Free State on transport and roads and Limpopo to improve governance and financial administration in five departments, including the provincial treasury.

In the Eastern Cape, problems included the non-delivery of textbooks, non-payment of scholar transport, excess teachers and a general poor culture of learning and teaching.

Zuma said that the implementation of the intervention would continue and he called on all stakeholders to work with government to make this turnaround a success.

"We are working well with the province in this regard. We call on all stakeholders to work with us to make this turnaround a success."

In 2011, Cabinet took a decision to implement a section 100 (1)(b) intervention in the Limpopo government in the wake of a financial meltdown in the province.

Meanwhile, the President welcomed the launch of Corruption Watch by Cosatu, as well as the recent agreement between government and business to implement anti-corruption programmes.

The programme was recently launched with Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe stating that "corruption must be declared our enemy as apartheid was the common enemy for all justice-loving citizens".

The President said interventions such as these will complement the work of government in combating corruption.