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Butterworth-based Mnquma Local Municipality has made history by becoming the first-ever local municipality, under Amathole District Municipality, to receive a clean audit opinion from the Auditor General South Africa.

Since 2020, Khayakazi Nonyatela (27) of Zipunzana Locality, under the Nyandeni Local Municipality, has made it her mission to ensure that children from disadvantaged families in her community get to enjoy Christmas like their counterparts from fortunate.

The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has handed over working equipment to 19 informal business operators under the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Local Municipality, as part of the corporation’s Informal Business Support Programme (IBS).

A woman from Mbizana briefly appeared before the East London Magistrate’s Court after she was arrested by the East London Serious Corruption Investigation of the Hawks on April 4, 2023, on allegations of fraud.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has successfully opposed the release on bail of businessman Siphiwo Mngxali (51), the estranged husband of a Mthatha doctor.

Police in Lusikisiki have arrested a 24-year-old suspect on charges of murder.

The R61 road between Mthatha and Port St Johns has been temporarily closed due to heavy-duty vehicles, including a gross vehicle mass (GVM) above 8 tons.

The deputy chairperson for the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in Alfred Nzo Region, Simphiwe Gxumayo, confirmed that they had decided to embark on a protest demanding their payments from the Department of Transport.

The Premier of the Eastern Cape, Oscar Mabuyane, paid a visit to the coastal town of Port St Johns, which had been hard-hit by floods, last week.

Rhodes University has conferred a degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa) on the Chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations of State Capture and Chief Justice of South Africa, Judge Raymond Mnyamezeli Zondo.