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Viva con Agua to host Youth Day WASHA League Tournament in Elliotdale
Viva con Agua is thrilled to announce the return of its impactful WASHA League tournament, taking place on June 28 at Rhatshaza, Thafelehashe, in celebration of South Africa’s Youth Day. […]
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Serving with purpose despite break-ins at East London’s popular restaurant
Ever heard of a chicken quarter-leg that slaps harder than a break-in alarm or “ceiling entry cocktail” to start your evening in a jazz bar? This is an East London-based […]
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Walter Sisulu University staff member found shot dead with multiple gunshot wounds
A Walter Sisulu University (WSU) staff member was shot dead on Thursday, June 19, near the Nkululekweni entrance gate adjacent to the N2 highway on the WSU Mthatha campus. The […]
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New Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency board inducted
A new era dawned as the MEC for Agriculture in the Eastern Cape, Nonceba Kontsiwe, officially welcomed and inducted the new Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) Board at Esplanade […]
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BCM establish fire forum as its fire depot remains in disarray
The winter season is notorious for its devastating raging fires which normally leave a trail of destruction, especially in informal settlements, prompting Buffalo City Metro to establish a fire and […]
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‘This is a catastrophic disaster’ – President Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the floods, following the torrential rains of 10 June that killed 90 people and destroyed a vast amount of property, as a “catastrophic disaster” during […]
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Mayor confirms water rationing amid tragedy
The Executive Mayor of the O.R. Tambo District Municipality in Mthatha, Councillor Mesuli Ngqondwana, has confirmed that the Thornhill and Rosedale Water Treatment Works were damaged by heavy floods that […]
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President Ramaphosa visits site where learners’ bus swept away in deadly Eastern Cape floods
President Ramaphosa visits Mthatha’s Effata Bridge where a bus with 5 learners was swept away during recent floods that killed over 70 people in Eastern Cape.
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‘No sluice gates at Mthatha Dam’ OR Tambo District Municipality
OR Tambo District Municipality has dispelled, as false information, the claims making rounds on social media that the district authority opened the sluice gates at Mthatha Dam leading to loss […]
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Lost woman claims that she is from Khayemnandi, Despatch
A woman, who has lost her way enroute from Despatch to possibly Jeppestown in Gauteng, is currently at Heidedal Police Station in Mangaung Metro, Free State Province. She identifies herself […]