Ed Richardson
EASTERN CAPE economic affairs MEC Enoch Godongwana has recommitted the province to making Coega happen.
Delivering his annual budget speech recently, Godongwana said: Coega's implementation will be amongst the key factors that will turn the economy of this Province around.
It is not my intention to lament about some of the constraints we had to confront in driving the process forward, but I want to assert that the concrete implementation of this project will begin in this financial year, he said.
Godongwana has committed the province to dates for the implementation of Coega. The experience over the last few years has helped us set a solid basis for the implementation process and we are currently involved in a process of finalising the extent of private participation in the project.
This we hope to complete before the end of this month and an appropriate announcement will be made in the middle of April 2000.
Throughout this process, we have ensured close interaction and co-ordination with the potential investors and anchor tenants.
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