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A total of seven people has died, while five more sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision involving two vehicles on the R67 road between Fort Beaufort and Seymour on April 21.

Ezibeleni residents continue to live with dry taps while a local water tank manufacturing company, GoGreen Roto Moulding, has opened its taps to floods of locals who queue to fill their buckets.

Communities in the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) area are up in arms in opposition to the water smart meters to be installed by the district authority while the municipality sings a different tune saying there was positive feedback.

Swift police investigation led to the speedy arrest of a suspect who allegedly broke into a house and injured an 84-year-old woman on a farm just outside Willowmore on April 14.

The family of Xolani Sobantu (59) from Komani is devasted following his drowning in a hole dug by the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) which was initially dug to deal with sewer spillages, allegedly caused by food processing establishments.

While the rest of Komani has been enjoying electricity since the suspension of loadshedding, Ezibeleni residents suffer prolonged electricity outages of up to 13 hours at a time as well as water provision of about 30 minutes a day.

One person has died while eight others sustained injuries in an accident involving a bus on the R61 road between Komani and Cofimvaba.

While some 10111 emergency call centres around the Eastern Cape have failed to answer calls, abandoned answered calls, and were unable to give telephonic help to callers, some of the call centres don’t have systems in place to measure any…

While using his crutches to assist him, Bonakele Ntshangase (43), a Cradock-based disabled athlete from Boxer Athletics Club (WPA) participated in the World Virtual Run 5km on March 24, and now has set his sights on participating in the ABSA…

Lionel Bah (35), Gabriel Modula (35), and Thethani Mguzulwa (61) appeared in the Molteno Magistrates’ Court on March 25, after being arrested by the Komani-based Serious Organised Crime Investigation of the Hawks in a joint operation with Middleburg Local Criminal…