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The Eastern Cape Department of Education MEC, Fundile Gade, welcomes back both learners and educators from the Winter recess period, as all schools open tomorrow, July 9.

Mthatha police are investigating a case of attempted murder against King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Local Municipality law enforcement officers.

The Department of Health wishes to condemn in the strongest terms the continued criminal attacks targeted at officials and health facilities in some parts of the province.

Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha, Dr Vuyani Booi, said they had hosted their annual Winter School Camp at the Nelson Mandela Museum Youth and Heritage Centre in Qunu, last week.

The founder of the Miss Ziyahlolwa Intombi Beauty Pageant, Onguye Ukumkanikazi Kama, said they had hosted the beauty pageant with the aim of keeping girls who are members of Intombi zenkciyo (girls who undergo virginity testing), busy.

The director of Ballarosa WIP Productions Pty Ltd, Nobubele Nzima, from Ngcwala location in Mthatha, said she started her poultry farming after working in retail for six years.

Two former Ngwane FM radio presenters, Mpendulo Magcakini and Nkosinathi Qwakaza, are on a mission to start online radio with the aim of providing opportunities to young people who have never been on radio before.

The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR), together with the Department of Education, hosted a two-day Agri-Teen Symposium at Tsolo Agriculture and Rural Developement Institute (TARDI) in Tsolo, last week.

Officials from the Eastern Cape Department of Education last week hosted a welcoming of the delegation from the Nelson Mandela School of Germany that will partake in the St John’s College learner exchange programme.

The principal of Zelibangile Senior Secondary School in Mthatha, Chris Mdiya, is appealing to anyone who can assist his school with computers before he retires.