edwaleni laphaya kuhlezi omama ababili abagqoke iziketi ezinde ezibomvu, amabhulawuzi amhlophe lamaqhiye amhlophe. kuthi bane umbuzo engqondweni yami, ukuthi kanti benelisa njani ukugcina amabhulawuzi abo emhlophe kochivi, lapho amanzi akhona avele engumbala wetiye engazwelanga amahlamvu, kubuye njalo lesepa esetshenziswayo yile esiziphekela yona elombala ongathi ludaka. mhlawumbe umlimu nguye ohlambulula amabhulawuzi abo abemhlophe nke, ngoba bengomama abamaziyo, abamhloniphayo njalo abamdumisayo ngemisebenzi yabo engcwele. “the gauteng government’s r42.2 billion infrastructure spend has made a major contribution to stimulating economic activity, creating employment and raising living standards in communities across our province over the last four years” said mec creecy the mec indicated that the province’s research shows that this spend contributed r26 billion to economic activity in the province, increase household income by r15 billion and created or sustained 95 thousand direct and 194 thousand indirect or induced jobs over the past four years. the mec said that the gauteng provincial government is proud of its track record in using government’s massive procurement spend to drive meaningful transformation, empowerment, job creation and economic inclusion in the mainstream economy. “over the last four years r57.7 billion has been spent on procuring goods and services from 12 041 firms owned by historically disadvantaged individuals. included in this overall figure are 7488 com--