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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 […]
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Hefty fines and awareness drive in Mthatha
KSD Municipality cracks down on illegal dumping with hefty fines and awareness drives to promote cleaner, greener communities in Mthatha.
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Mbhashe 500 housing project phase 2 at planning stage
The multimillion-rand second phase of the Mbhashe 500, a housing project addressing the disaster that destroyed 500 homes in the Mbhashe Local Municipality area, is now in the planning stages […]
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Water supply restored
Water restored in parts of Buffalo City after repairs to vandalised infrastructure; areas like Ginsberg and Beacon Bay now have running water again.
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Rural women in Buffalo City empowered on gender-based violence
Small Projects Foundation, an East London based non-governmental organisation (NGO), recently hosted a gender-based violence (GBV) workshop aimed at empowering women in rural areas about the scourge of GBV, held […]
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Vermiste vrou van Bellville dood gevind by Kaapse gastehuis
Chantal Pelser (52) se liggaam is in ‘n gastehuis in Kaapstad gevind ná ‘n wye soektog. Sy is Sondag (25 Mei) as vermis aangmeld.
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Eastern Cape commits R70m to combat child poverty
SOCIAL Development in the Eastern Cape has set aside more than R70 million to tackle child poverty, malnutrition and teenage pregnancy in the province. Speaking during the tabling of the […]