News

Police in Aberdeen are investigating a case of concealment of birth after a new born baby was found at a dumpsite in Aberdeen on February 3.

Komani Royals Cricket Club is on top form this season in the Border Cricket Promotional League, winning all their games.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has buckled under pressure from the Komani Protest Action (KPA) group and agreed to visit Komani to address issues raised, including the dissolution of the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Rolling mass action, including total closure of Komani, will be the order of the day until Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma touches down to address the community and set in motion to dissolve Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Approximately 1000 community members have gathering at the Hexagon in Carthcart Road as day two of the protest continued on January 27.

Residents in Komani have embarked on protest action which began earlier today, January 26.

Komani police are investigating a case of arson after a police building was destroyed in a fire on Sunday, January 29 in Komani.

After receiving enough votes from the ANC and its coalition partner, the CSA, at a recent council meeting, Dr Edward Rankwana was re-appointed as the municipal manager in Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality for a further five years.

Fed up with throwing rotten food away due to prolonged electricity outages as a result of dilapidated municipal electrical infrastructure, thousands of Komani and surrounding areas’ residents gathered to close entrances to the troubled town.

Intelligence-led information resulted in the speedy arrest of four suspects and the recovery of suspected stolen goods conducted by a multi-disciplinary team on January 22 in Cradock.