Komani Karoo Express

Komani-based side Phoenix Birds Ladies FC will be playing in the Provincial Sasol Women’s League for the second successive season next term after escaping the relegation with one game to play.

A host of negative effects due to the ongoing power outages in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality have resulted in local businesses closing, families leaving town and patients allegedly dying at Frontier Hospital in Komani.

Cash strapped Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has set aside close to R2 million to install electricity in informal settlements in Komani as a means to eradicate illegal connections and enhance revenue collection.

Lack of appreciation of the critical nature of the national cabinet intervention at Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) leadership and limited resources, including requisite skills and funding, were some of the challenges faced by the National Cabinet Representative (NCR).

Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) has added over R14 million to its hundreds of millions in irregular expenditure in the 2021/2022 financial year.

Komani police are investigating a case of double murder after two bodies were discovered dumped about 16km outside town towards Roydon Game Reserve in what is an expected act of vigilantism.

Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has been negatively thrown into the spotlight again after the Makhanda High Court has ordered that no further work be undertaken in the controversial Fikile Gwadana Drive construction tender.

Passengers travelling in a bus on the R61 between Tarkastad and Komani were fortunate to escape unharmed when the bus caught fire on Monday, August 8.

The Chris Hani District u/21 and senior netball teams are leaving tomorrow, August 6, for this year’s SPAR Netball Championships u/21 and senior SA National Netball Championships to be held in Potchefstroom, North West Province next week.

The trio of young women who make up Zinothando Bakery are amongst a group of entrepreneurs who are receiving training and mentorship in an aim to stimulate local employment and SMME development, in a response to high levels of unemployment within the Sarah Baartman District in Municipality.