The Bhisho government is putting the final touches to preparations for the State of the Province Address on Friday.
The speech by premier Noxolo Kiviet will be broadcast live on the parliamentary channel on DSTV and will also be beamed to at least nine venues across the province for maximum exposure.
Bhisho government spokesperson, Mahlubandile Qwase, says Kiviet will likely recommit her government to improved and faster service delivery in all priority areas identified at the beginning of her term in 2009.
He says one of the key issues for the premier will be job creation and also economic and infrastructure development.
"These are key to the province of the Eastern Cape because we are the poorest province, under-developed, which requires a lot of infrastructure development as a stimulant for job creation," he said.
Qwase also said that the premier is expected to address issues facing the province's two key service delivery departments, education and health.
On Tuesday, Eastern Cape Health MEC, Sicelo Qobana reportedly slammed health officials as lazy and in effect, endangering patients.
The province's education department remains in a quandry following poor matric results and the recent go-slow by teachers union Sadtu who want the department's superintendent general to be sacked.
Qwase says both these issues will come under the spoltight.
"She will also talk about education and the challenges that are there and what needs to be done going foward in dealing with the challenges at hand."
"She will also touch on issues of health, rural development and the revitalisation of small towns. She will also touch on crime and corruption," Qwase said.
Earlier, the official opposition in the province said premier Kiviet must decisively spell out how she is going to improve governance in the province.
DA leader in the house, Bobby Stevenson, says Kiviet must create the right climate for economic growth and job creation.
He says corruption, maladministration and irregular tender practices are a turnoff for investors and continue to condemn millions of people to a lifestyle of poverty in this province.
"The premier needs to spell out clearly how the provincial government is going to improve the state of governance in this province. Secondly, she needs to end the speculation regarding the future of the superintendent-generals of health and education and thirdly she needs to give practical implication to the measures announced by the state president with (respect) to infrastructure development in the Eastern Cape," Stevenson said.
