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The Department of Social Development in the OR Tambo District has closed the Mthatha and Mqanduli service offices due to an outbreak of snakes and reptiles.

The spokesperson for King Sabatha Dalindyebo (KSD) Local Municipality in Mthatha, Sonwabo Mampoza confirmed that Leeds Road will be closed today, May 9, from 05:00 to 17:00 due to the homecoming ceremony for well-known gospel singer, Betusile Mcinga.

One person has died while 14 others sustained injuries in a collision involving a midi-bus, a truck and a bakkie this morning.

Four traditional healers lost their lives while seven sustained injuries, after a single vehicle lost control and overturned on a gravel road in Sundwana, near Xhalanga in Dutywa on May 6.

Athini Nothi Mzingelwa has been rearrested after escaping with Siyabulela Khohliso from Ngqeleni Correctional Centre on April 27.

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, together with Sibanye-Steelwater mining company, have officially handed over the newly built state-of-the-art JS Skenjana Senior Secondary School in Dutywa to the Department of Basic Education.

The Eastern Cape Department of Education hosted a two-day awareness workshop as part of the Autism Awareness Month Celebration at Tembisa Special School in Mthatha, recently.

Cashbuild has given eight schools in Bizana a total of R120 000 in building material vouchers, to help them upgrade their premises.

In a meeting held by the various authorities in Alfred Nzo District, it was established that impressive progress had been made on the work to ensure water provision to Adelaide and Oliver Tambo Regional Hospital.

A Grade 12 learner, Kuhle Sithelo (18), from St John’s College in Mthatha, won the High School Poetry Challenge 2023, hosted by members of the Soul Clap Session in Mthatha, recently.