Recently elected KZN premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube says she will make provision for regular updates on service delivery to the legislature and play a greater supervision role. She became evident as a new premier after managing to secure 45 votes against the DA’s candidate who obtained 11 votes during a special legislature sitting on Wednesday. Dube Ncube’s premiership comes after Sihle Zikalala stepped down last week.
Expressing herself a little while after she took was sworn in during a special legislator sitting in Mooi river on Wednesday Dube Ncube said she was prepared to develop and carry on a good working relationship with all her colleagues in the legislature and put into action a greater oversight in the province she said she would in particular zoom in on service delivery adding that her office would regularly observe , rate and evaluate all provincial government departments public entities and municipalities in connection to their impact on service delivery.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“ We commit the office of the premier to play a much more assertive and visible role in providing leadership and coordinating key and priority government programmes that will drive us towards the achievements of our provincial vision.”[/perfectpullquote]
Dube-Ncube is the first female premier of Kwazulu Natal since the advent of democracy in 1994. she was sworn in by acting judge president Isaac Madondo after securing 45 votes against the DA’s candidate Mmbatho Tembe who managed 11 votes. Tembe was the only candidate competing against Dube-Ncube for premier. The IFP which is the official opposition in the province did not field any candidates.
She also paid tribute to her predecessor Zikalala thanking him for his hard work. “They (previous premiers ) left behind a catalogue of achievements and a wonderful spirit of camaraderie amongst colleagues and comrades. I offer to sustain this,” she said. She continued to say she would not take for granted that she made history in becoming the first woman premier of the province.
