Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane delivered the State of the Province Address at the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in Bhisho on Friday, 24 February 2023. Among other key matters, Premier Mabuyane touched on Provincial Government interventions on education, infrastructure, energy and agriculture, to name a few.

"Today, I want to assure the people of our province that more jobs are coming. We say so because in 2022 we made history by attracting 11 new investors at our Provincial Investment Conference with a combined value of R46 billion. Of these newly announced investments, projects worth over R1.3 billion are underway with 1,198 jobs created. The new investments we received in 2022 take the cumulative total for the sixth administration to R171 billion. As a result of these investments, 21 664 people in our province are now employed in various sectors of the economy. This is a story of good progress made possible by the decisive actions we have taken to change the economic trajectory of our province", said Premier Mabuyane.