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Community members, together with King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local Municipality and OR Tambo District Municipality from Mthatha, hosted a homecoming ceremony for award-winning resident and well-known Gospel singer, Bethusile Mcinga.

The director for Imbiza Foundation from Old Payne in Mthatha, Zamikhaya Abenta (46), celebrated his birthday in a different way by awarding those who are uplifting this community, last week.

Three people have lost their lives while two sustained injuries after two vehicles collided on the R61 in Mthatha near Tabase towards Ngcobo on May 15.

Odwa Nolangeni (27) briefly appeared before the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court for charges of motor vehicle theft yesterday, May 16.

The Eastern Cape Department of Transport has confirmed that an accident that occurred on the N2 near Makhaphetshwini outside Mthatha over the weekend has claimed eight lives.

The South African Police Service has nabbed four suspects, aged between 22 and 52, for hijacking trucks in order to use them as tools to blockade the N2 national road between Mthatha and Butterworth in Idutywa.

About 500 protesters marched to the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court on May 10 to show solidarity with Yibanathi Mpama (29) who has become the latest victim of the gender-based violence (GBV) scourge.

The Office of the Premier (OTP) of the Eastern Cape, Oscar Mabuyane has reached a settlement agreement with former Head of the Provincial Department of Education, Dr Naledi Mbude.

Rhodes University’s Director of the Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation, Distinguished Professor Tebello Nyokong, has been selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.