# The outcomes of the extraordinary EXCO meeting

An episode of [The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1074292047), 15 Oct 2026, 3:11.

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Mandy Wiener speaks to Spokesperson for Gauteng Provincial Government, Elijah Mhlanga about the outcomes of the extraordinary EXCO meeting. The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener is 702 and CapeTalk’s flagship news show, your hour of essential news radio. The show is podcasted every weekday, allowing you to catch up with a 60-minute weekday wrap of the day's main news. It's packed with fast-paced interviews with the day’s newsmakers, as well as those who can make sense of the news and explain what's happening in your world. All the interviews are podcasted for you to catch up and listen to. Thank you for listening to this podcast of The Midday Report Listen live on weekdays between 12:00 and 13:00 (SA Time) to The Midday Report broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from The Midday Report go to https://buff.ly/BTGmL9H and find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/LcbDdFI Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk daily and weekly newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Voice note 072 702 1702 072 567 1567. The Gauteng
[0:05] Speaker 1: Executive Council held an extraordinary meeting to consider key admin
[0:10] Speaker 1: and service delivery matters. And key amongst those is that
[0:14] Speaker 1: they've approved a new board for the Gauteng Liquor Board.
[0:16] Speaker 1: They've also appointed a new Gauteng concessionaire and welcomed Gauteng's
[0:22] Speaker 1: hosting of the World Forum on Local Economic Development. But
[0:25] Speaker 1: I'm particularly interested... in the Gauteng Liquor Board and also
[0:30] Speaker 1: the GTA Board being appointed. Elijah McClunger is the Head
[0:35] Speaker 1: of Commerce for the Gauteng Government. Elijah, thank you very
[0:38] Speaker 1: much for your time. Tell us about the outcomes of
[0:40] Speaker 1: this special Gauteng Executive Council.
[0:45] Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Mandy. Thank you so much for having us.
[0:48] Speaker 2: So the focus of yesterday's extraordinary ex-committee was really to
[0:52] Speaker 2: finalize the appointments of board members into the different entities
[0:58] Speaker 2: of the province, but also to officially welcome the new
[1:03] Speaker 2: concessionaire for the Houtrain Management Agency operations. As you know,
[1:10] Speaker 2: there's a new operator now who will be handling the
[1:17] Speaker 2: operations of the Houtrain, and we needed to make that
[1:20] Speaker 2: official and for EXCO to also confirm that and also
[1:24] Speaker 2: to look at strengthening governance, because when we confirm the
[1:29] Speaker 2: appointment of all the different agents, we're also strengthening governance
[1:33] Speaker 2: in the different entities. As you will recall, we've encountered
[1:36] Speaker 2: some challenges that we've had to deal with. You remember
[1:41] Speaker 2: the MEC for Economic Development recently suspended some officials in
[1:47] Speaker 2: one of the entities that reported to her. So we
[1:50] Speaker 2: are now addressing all those governance issues.
[1:52] Speaker 1: There's been some real concerns about the management of the
[1:55] Speaker 1: Khating Liquor Board. Are you hoping that this will bring
[1:57] Speaker 1: some stability?
[1:59] Speaker 2: Yeah, most importantly that one, because alcohol and related issues
[2:06] Speaker 2: have been coming up in the GPG issues that we've
[2:08] Speaker 2: been talking about. When the police raid some places, they
[2:14] Speaker 2: find that people are using fake liquor licenses. Others, they
[2:19] Speaker 2: get their liquor licenses through corrupt means. So all those
[2:23] Speaker 2: challenges were actually a matter for discussion yesterday. And the
[2:28] Speaker 2: Premier said the mandate of this board is to look
[2:31] Speaker 2: at how we're going to streamline the operations there and
[2:34] Speaker 2: deal with the corruption when it comes to liquor licenses
[2:39] Speaker 2: and also make sure that the liquor establishments comply with
[2:45] Speaker 2: the regulations that govern the use of such licenses. When
[2:49] Speaker 2: you look at issues such as the Werdela shooting, You
[2:52] Speaker 2: look at the time when the shooting took place and
[2:54] Speaker 2: when that establishment was still operational. So there are lots
[2:57] Speaker 2: of transgressions that the new board will need to look into.
[3:01] Speaker 1: Elijah, thank you so much. Elijah Mkhlanga, spokesperson for the
[3:04] Speaker 1: Khartoum government.

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