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Wool growers boost their income
Rural wool growers in the Ngcobo Local Municipality made a whopping R10.9 million from wool sales in the previous shearing season, bringing a much-needed financial boost to wool growers in the area.
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Ncedo Ludada makes prosthetics accessible to underprivileged
Despite running a lucrative private practice as a qualified prosthetist and orthotist, Ncedo Ludada, of Ntlaza in Libode, remains a staunch proponent of making the devices within the profession affordable to ordinary rural folk.
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New programme to help youth in farming
The chairperson for National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mlungisi Ndobeni, confirmed that they are on a mission to equip youth who are interested in Agro-Ecology Farming in the OR Tambo District and surrounds.
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Nessie Knight Hospital to get R103 million facelift
Eastern Cape Health MEC, Nomakhosazana Meth, has officially introduced and handed over the dilapidated Nessie Knight Hospital in Sulenkama, outside Qumbu, to the appointed contractor for major renovations.
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Former Correctional Services Official sentenced for murdering his ex-wife
The High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division sitting in East London, sentenced former Correctional Services Official Simphiwe Mxosa (48) to life imprisonment for the murder of his ex-wife.
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Author hopes book will reignite love for IsiXhosa in young ones
Author Funeka Menze, from Mandleni Locality in Ngqeleni, under the Nyandeni Local Municipality, is hoping to reignite the love for Xhosa reading and writing in young ones, through her poetry book titled Ndiqhathiwe.
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Waste truck with hazardous waste hijacked in Mthatha
Buhle Waste is seeking public assistance in locating one of their trucks, loaded with hazardous waste, which was hijacked near Zimbane Lodge in Mthatha last week Friday, June 9, around 21:00.
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Ngqeleni sergeant shot by heavily armed men during Post Office robbery
A sergeant from Ngqeleni Police Station is in stable condition in hospital after heavily armed men opened fire at police who responded to a robbery at the Post Office in Ngqeleni on Wednesday, June 7.
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Two taxi bosses gunned down in Mthatha
Police have launched a manhunt for suspects, after two taxi bosses were gunned down under unknown circumstances in Mthatha on Wednesday, June 7.
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Nestlé to keep lights on at community libraries through generator power
Each day until June 30, NESTLÉ BAR ONE #needenergy – Light up the library initiative, will keep the lights on through generator power in four libraries across South Africa to ensure that the communities – and students relying on these…









